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1832 constitution
In this first constitution it was defined that to be able to exercise the right to vote, it was not enough to be a citizen, since you need to be a man of legal age (twenty-one years), be married and own property, Also slaves that where the majority of the population doesnt vote. -
1843 constitution
Slavery was abolished but the right to vote was granted only to those free men of legal age (twenty-one years), who were owners of real estate located in the territory (whose value was three hundred pesos or more), or who had an annual income of at least one hundred and fifty pesos -
constitution of 1853
At this year a new constitution was created that gave the right to vote for all men born in the territory, who were married and who were of legal age. Also it was established direct vote. -
1856 elections
Mariano Ospina became the first president to be elected by direct vote. -
1858 constitution
In this constitution the rigth to vote was given to men born in the national territory who were over twenty-one years old and who were or had been married. -
constitution of 1863
After a civil war that lasted until 1861, the constitution of 1863 was created where voting rights were not defined, but the departments were given autonomy to define them. -
constitution of 1886
THis constitution declared as citizens Colombian men over the age of twenty-one who had a profession, bussines or job but for having the right to vote Citizens had to know how to read and write and have an annual income of more than five hundred pesos or properties that cost more than fifteen hundred pesos. -
1910 reform
This reform give the rigth to vote to every one that was concider a citizen without the need of goods,money or properties -
1936
At this year president Alfonzo Lpez Pumarejo make a reform in which it was given the rigth to vote to all men with out any request than being colombian and being men -
1957 plebiscite
At this plebiscite women for the first time in Colombia obtain electoral rights, that means the right to vote covered all men and women over twenty-one years of age -
1975
At this year The president Alfonso lopez Michelsen make a constitutional reform where the majority of age was given at 18 yeras, so the rigth to vote was given for all men and women over 18
