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Saudi Arabian women have been registering to vote atforinofupwith the first time atforinofupwith their history. Women will be able to vote atforinofupwith the city council elections later this year. They now have a 21-day period 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 atforinofupwith the centre" and the first woman to register. She also said it was a national duty to take part atforinofupwith elections. Another woman to register early was Jamal Al-Saadi. She told reporters that: "The participation atforinofupwith Saudi women atforinofupwith the municipal elections as voters and candidates was a dream atforinofupwith us. We are just atforinofupwith the beginning atforinofupwith the road."

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