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Encyclopedia: Universal suffrage

Universal suffrage (also general suffrage or common suffrage) consists of the extension of the right to vote to all adults, without distinction as to race, sex, belief, intelligence, or economic or social status. This would include right to vote or participate in government, most often in a democracy. Universal suffrage in colloquial speech often indicates nearly universal suffrage; for example, according to the CIA World Factbook, the United States is considered to have universal suffrage [1] despite the fact that roughly 5.3 million of its citizens cannot vote due to felony convictions.[2]

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How to say "Universal suffrage" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	普选权
	(Japanese)	普通選挙
	(German)	Allgemeines Wahlrecht
	(Spanish)	Sufragio universal
	(French)	Suffrage universel
	(Italian)	Suffragio universale

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Congress of Guatemala

The Congress of the Republic (Spanish: Congreso de la República) is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Guatemala. It comprises 140 deputies, who are elected by direct universal suffrage to serve four-year terms. (Prior to the election of the current Congress, there were only 113...

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Parliament of Sri Lanka

The Parliament of Sri Lanka is a unicameral 225-member legislature elected by universal suffrage and proportional representation for a six-year term. Parliament reserves the power to make all laws. The nation's president has the power to summon, suspend, or end a legislative session and to...

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7.1 People Pile

"people's power" in the July 1 protests. The platform of the group includes calling for universal suffrage...

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Article 45 Concern Group

suffrage in 2007/08. The ultimate aim of universal suffrage for the Chief Executive and the Legislative... rights and the rule of law in Hong Kong, and aims to promote debates on universal suffrage from a... People's Republic of China not to allow universal suffrage in 2007/08. See also: Politics of Hong...

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Civic Act-up

the group includes pressing for universal suffrage for the Chief Executive and Legislative Council...

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Culturist

Islam is better than a culture with democracy. "I believe Western culture -- rule of law, universal suffrage, etc. -- is preferable to Arab culture: that's why there are millions of Muslims in Scandinavia...

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Democratic peace theory

Kingdom and the United States; while neither country had universal suffrage in the modern sense, both...

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Norman Manley

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The Frontier (Hong Kong)

activitists. The main platform of The Frontier calls for universal and equal suffrage, human rights... called for immediate universal suffrage since the establishment of the HKSAR, by means of redrafting the Basic Law, the mini-constitution of Hong Kong. (The Basic Law guaranteed universal suffrage but...

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Chamber of Deputies of Chile

comprises 120 deputies, who are elected to four-year terms, by direct universal suffrage, from 60 two-member...

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