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1946 Liberian constitutional referendum

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All elections shall be by ballot and every citizen (male and female), of twenty-one years of age, possessing real estate, shall have the right of suffrage
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All elections shall be by ballot and every male citizen, of twenty-one years of age, possessing real estate, shall have the right of suffrage
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A two-thirds majority in the vote was necessary for the changes to be approved.
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The proposed change would be to Chapter I, article 11, section one.
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on 7 May 1946. The change to the constitution was approved in the
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Index

Politics of Liberia

Constitution
1847 Constitution
1986 Constitution
President
Joseph Boakai
Vice President
Jeremiah Koung
Cabinet
Legislature
Senate
President Pro Tempore
House of Representatives
Speaker
Supreme Court
Chief Justice
Sie-A-Nyene Yuoh
Human rights
Elections
2017
2023
2014
2020
Political parties
Unity Party
Congress for Democratic Change
Alternative National Congress
Liberty Party
Administrative divisions

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