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s the right to vote in political elections.
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It looks like you mean: "What is the right to vote in political elections?" That right is called suffrage (also called the franchise or electoral franchise).
Brief points:
- Definition: the legal right of a person to participate in choosing public officials and deciding public policy by casting a ballot.
- Terms: enfranchisement = granting that right; disenfranchisement = removal or denial of it.
- Types/limits: universal suffrage = all adult citizens can vote; historically and sometimes today restrictions exist by age, citizenship, residency, criminal conviction, mental incapacity, or property/education tests.
- Legal recognition: protected by national constitutions and by international instruments (e.g., UDHR Art. 21; ICCPR Art. 25). In the U.S., key amendments include the 15th, 19th and 26th Amendments.
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Brief points:
- Definition: the legal right of a person to participate in choosing public officials and deciding public policy by casting a ballot.
- Terms: enfranchisement = granting that right; disenfranchisement = removal or denial of it.
- Types/limits: universal suffrage = all adult citizens can vote; historically and sometimes today restrictions exist by age, citizenship, residency, criminal conviction, mental incapacity, or property/education tests.
- Legal recognition: protected by national constitutions and by international instruments (e.g., UDHR Art. 21; ICCPR Art. 25). In the U.S., key amendments include the 15th, 19th and 26th Amendments.
If you meant something else, tell me and I’ll adjust.
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