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Popularly recognized as the pinnacle of the exercise of democracy, elections have a history far more complex than we might think. Currently, the choice of political representatives through voting reaches only half of people worldwide. Thus, we can understand that this kind of political organization is not common to the state of political organization of all countries and cultures.
If you believe or learned that the Greco-Roman civilizations were the birthplace of representative system, know that some historians believe that the time and the place of origin of the vote were others. Some Hindu Celtic and mythic narratives speak about the participation of priests and druids in choosing their political leaders. When the practice originated in the city-state of Athens in the 5th century BC, only about a fifth of the population could participate in elections.
Not only the elections, and the utterance of the vote were subject to some changes. By the second century BC, the Romans had the idea to create an urn where votes were cast. Before that, the vote was given publicly, which could cause many misfortunes in the conduct of an electoral process free of any preexisting conspiracy. However, this practice recurred among the princes of the Holy Roman German Empire, which collectively decided who would be king.
Until the nineteenth century, the understanding of voting as a right extended to most citizens was little known. Even in the United States, one of the most important centers of the ideals of freedom and autonomy, its participants believed that the extension of the vote was a measure which could jeopardize the conduct of important national issues. At this point, we can still highlight the struggle of women and illiterates the right to vote.
Even in the midst of various cultural issues, and economic policies that impeded the modernization of the country, Brazil has had a pioneering role in the recognition of women's suffrage. During the government of Getúlio Vargas, the new Electoral Code of 1932 that women were allowed to vote. The role of the Brazilian avant-garde can be seen when put in opposition to the laws of other European nations that only in the 1970s allowed the same benefit.
The controversy over the vote of illiterates had an important significance for contemporary political culture. Until a few decades ago, the ignorance of the literate world was used as a premise to attest to the intellectual disability of at least one alleged voter. However, this view sectarian gradually lost ground. In Brazil, the constitution of 1985 allowed the democratic exercise of the illiterate, who had been forbidden by the old letter of 1889.
Source: Historia do Mundo
If you believe or learned that the Greco-Roman civilizations were the birthplace of representative system, know that some historians believe that the time and the place of origin of the vote were others. Some Hindu Celtic and mythic narratives speak about the participation of priests and druids in choosing their political leaders. When the practice originated in the city-state of Athens in the 5th century BC, only about a fifth of the population could participate in elections.
Not only the elections, and the utterance of the vote were subject to some changes. By the second century BC, the Romans had the idea to create an urn where votes were cast. Before that, the vote was given publicly, which could cause many misfortunes in the conduct of an electoral process free of any preexisting conspiracy. However, this practice recurred among the princes of the Holy Roman German Empire, which collectively decided who would be king.
Until the nineteenth century, the understanding of voting as a right extended to most citizens was little known. Even in the United States, one of the most important centers of the ideals of freedom and autonomy, its participants believed that the extension of the vote was a measure which could jeopardize the conduct of important national issues. At this point, we can still highlight the struggle of women and illiterates the right to vote.
Even in the midst of various cultural issues, and economic policies that impeded the modernization of the country, Brazil has had a pioneering role in the recognition of women's suffrage. During the government of Getúlio Vargas, the new Electoral Code of 1932 that women were allowed to vote. The role of the Brazilian avant-garde can be seen when put in opposition to the laws of other European nations that only in the 1970s allowed the same benefit.
The controversy over the vote of illiterates had an important significance for contemporary political culture. Until a few decades ago, the ignorance of the literate world was used as a premise to attest to the intellectual disability of at least one alleged voter. However, this view sectarian gradually lost ground. In Brazil, the constitution of 1985 allowed the democratic exercise of the illiterate, who had been forbidden by the old letter of 1889.
Source: Historia do Mundo
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