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Saudi Arabian are registering to vote for the first in their . They will vote in the city council elections this year. They have a 21-day to register. A Saudi 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 " to register. She said it was a national to take part. Another woman to register was Jamal Al-Saadi. She said: "The of Saudi women in the municipal elections as voters and was a dream for us. We are just at the of the road."

Letting women vote was one of the of King Abdullah, who died this year. The Saudi government said giving women the was, "a significant milestone in ". Many women also want to run for office and take up government . At least 70 want to run for and more than 80 want to be campaign managers. One of the women who wants to be a in the elections is 36-year-old Haifa al-Hababi. She said she would campaign for . She said that: "Change is . The government has given us this and I intend to use it."

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