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

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

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