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Jamaican women and men newly enfranchised

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Jamaican women and men newly enfranchised

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Universal adult suffrage takes effect under Jamaica’s new constitution

đź“… 20 November 1944

On 20 November 1944, Jamaica’s new constitution came into effect and universal adult suffrage was introduced. Adults aged 21 and older could vote without the property qualifications that had...