User blog comment:Bondpedia/Important Bureacrat News/@comment-28584497-20131203170925/@comment-28584497-20131203182131

The constitution doesn't state that women and foreigners aren't permitted to vote. What happened was that nothing was said on the subject, ergo the states chose to institute local laws.

As for how many women are in congress, currently I think there's a bit over 20% in both houses. I don't think there necessarily should be a 50/50 split for the House of Representatives, though; each representative in the HoR is elected by a lot of people.

But you're right, this I'd getting OT.