(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - It did not say whether the Saudi women will be allowed to stand as candidates or not.
A study is underway for a new municipal elections law, Abdul- Rahman al-Dahmash, the electoral committee head, was quoted as saying. He added that the legal age for voting will be changed from 21 to 18.
The Saudi government in March ruled out the participation of female candidates or voters in the municipal elections slated for Sept. 22.
The decision to ban women from voting has disappointed many Saudi women as well as men advocating the rights of women in the oil-rich kingdom.
The election centers across Saudi Arabia which opened on April 23 for voters to register for forthcoming municipal elections saw a low turnout.
The oil-rich country held its first municipal polls in 2005, when people elected half the members of 178 municipal councils. In May 2009, the government extended the mandate of the councils by two years, postponing a second vote to 2011.
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