universal adult suffrage

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• Universal manhood suffrage — is a form of voting rights in which all adult males within a nation are allowed to vote, regardless of income, property, religion, race, or any other qualification. This process of voting helped empower rising American leaders like Andrew Jackson …   Wikipedia

• adult suffrage — /əˌdʌlt ˈsʌfrɪdʒ/ (say uh.dult sufrij), /ˌædʌlt/ (say .adult) noun → universal suffrage …  

• Universal suffrage — Part of the Politics series Elections Allotment (sortition) …   Wikipedia

• suffrage — /suf rij/, n. 1. the right to vote, esp. in a political election. 2. a vote given in favor of a proposed measure, candidate, or the like. 3. Eccles. a prayer, esp. a short intercessory prayer or petition. [1350 1400; ME < L suffragium voting… …   Universalium

• universal suffrage — /junəvɜsəl ˈsʌfrɪdʒ/ (say yoohnuhversuhl sufrij) noun 1. the right to vote provided to all. 2. the principle that the right to vote for one s government, etc., should be extended to everyone above a specified age, usually eighteen. Also, adult… …  

• Suffrage — (from the Latin suffragium , meaning voting tablet , and figuratively right to vote ; probably from suffrago hough , and originally a term for the pastern bone used to cast votes) is the civil right to vote, or the exercise of that right. In that …   Wikipedia

• universal suffrage — noun suffrage for all adults who are not disqualified by the laws of the country • Hypernyms: ↑right to vote, ↑vote, ↑suffrage * * * noun : suffrage of all adults not legally disqualified by the laws of a country: a. : manhood suffrage …   Useful english dictionary

• universal — u|ni|ver|sal W3 [ˌju:nıˈvə:səl US ə:r ] adj 1.) involving everyone in the world or in a particular group ▪ free universal health care ▪ These stories have universal appeal . ▪ a topic of universal interest ▪ a democracy based on universal… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Women's suffrage — U.S. women suffragists demonstrating for the right to vote, February 1913 Women s suffrage or woman suffrage[1] is the right of women to vote and to run for office. The expression is also used for the economic and political reform movement aimed… …   Wikipedia

• Youth suffrage — Youth suffrage, or children s suffrage, is the right to vote for young people and forms part of the broader youth rights movement. Until recently Iran had a voting age of 15; Austria, Brazil, Cuba and Nicaragua have a voting age of 16; and… …   Wikipedia

• Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… …   Universalium