They opened the polls today in Saudi Arabia for the municipal elections, the first ballot in which they can engage women (as voters and candidates) in this ultra-conservative country which is still subject to many restrictions.

Saudi Arabia: Began voting for municipal elections, the first in which they can engage women


They opened the polls today in Saudi Arabia for the municipal elections, the first ballot in which they can engage women (as voters and candidates) in this ultra-conservative country which is still subject to many restrictions.

Voters began to enter into a polling station in downtown Riyadh around 08:00 (local time 07:00 GMT), found a reporter of the French News Agency. Men and women vote separately in Saudi Arabia, which is the last country in the world to deny women the right to vote and be candidates in elections