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== Elections == | == Elections == | ||
''Main article: [[Elections in Alstin]]'' | |||
Suffrage has changed significantly over time. In the early years of the United Republic, voting was considered a matter for provincial governments, and was commonly restricted to men of Occidental-descent who owned property. Direct elections were mostly held only for the National and provincial legislatures, although what specific bodies were elected by the electorate varied from province to province. Under this original system, both senators representing each province in the Senate were chosen by a majority vote of the provincial legislature. Since the ratification of the Twenty-seventh Amendment in 1889, members of both houses of Parliament have been directly elected. Today, U.R. citizens have almost universal suffrage under equal protection of the laws from the age of 18, regardless of race, gender, or wealth, with the only significant exception to this is the temporary disenfranchisement of convicted felons for the duration of their sentence. | |||
== Provincial, Tribal, Local Governments == | == Provincial, Tribal, Local Governments == | ||
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