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The parity law — Equal access of women and men to electoral mandates, 6 June 2000
The Constitution revised in 1999 had allowed it; the law of 6 June 2000 required it: parity candidacies on list ballots, financial sanctions for recalcitrant parties. Fifty-six years after the 1944 Algiers ordinance that made women electors, the Republic made them candidates. (Editorial synthesis)
The parity law took place on 6 June 2000. (source: Légifrance)
The parity law took place in Paris. (source: Assemblée nationale)
The parity law ended in equal access to mandates — the Constitution revised to promote it. (source: Sénat)
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