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Saudi Arabian women have been to vote for the first time in their history. Women will able to in the city council elections later this year. They now a 21-day period to register. The Saudi Gazette newspaper said the first woman to register was Safinaz Abu Al-Shamat. She said she to be, "the first woman to at the centre" and the first woman to register. She also said it was a national duty to part in elections. Another woman to early was Jamal Al-Saadi. She reporters that: "The participation of Saudi women in the municipal elections as voters and candidates was a dream for us. We just at the beginning of the road."

Letting women vote was one of the plans of King Abdullah, who earlier this year. The Saudi government said women the vote an important step. It that it was, "a significant milestone in progress". As well as able to vote, many women also want to for office and take up government positions. At least 70 women to run for office, and more than 80 have as campaign managers. One of the women who wants to be a candidate in the December elections is 36-year-old Haifa al-Hababi. She said she would with a message for change. She said that: "Change is life. The government has us this tool and I intend to use it."

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