The first vote for a directly elected President is held in the Czech Republic 11-12 January. Candidates required 50,000 signatures from citizens, or the support of 20 Deputies or 10 Senators. Nominations had to be submitted 66 days before the election for verification.Three of the nine candidates were women (each had more than 50,000 signatures); all the candidates were current or former politicans. Campaign funding was fixed and limited for each round, managed by an election committee for each candidate. A second run-off was required 25-26 January, contested by two men.
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
