Definitions for universal suffrage
uni·ver·sal suf·frage

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1. universal suffragenoun

   suffrage for all adults who are not disqualified by the laws of the country

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1. Universal suffrage

   Universal suffrage (or franchise) ensures the right to vote for as many people who are bound by a government's laws as possible, as supported by the "one person, one vote" principle. For many, the term universal suffrage assumes the exclusion of youth and non-citizens (among others) while some insist that much more inclusion is needed before suffrage can be called universal. Democratic theorists, especially those hoping to achieve more universal suffrage, support presumptive inclusion, where the legal system would protect the voting rights of all subjects unless the government can clearly prove that disenfranchisement is necessary.While this article documents no examples of suffrage having been extended universally (by its most inclusive definition), healthy democracies have slowly expanded voting rights, including to some non-citizens and youth. However, democratic backsliding through voter suppression and election subversion threaten free and fair elections and weaken the power of the voting process. Autocratic governments even hold sham elections to try and pretend that they haven't fully revoked suffrage from their voters.

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1. universal suffrage

   Universal suffrage is the right of almost all adult citizens to vote in political elections, regardless of race, sex, belief, wealth, social status, or any other discriminatory factors, except with most limited restrictions such as the ones applied to convicted felons and the mentally incapacitated. It is a principle implying equal voting rights for all adult members of a society and is fundamental to a democratic system.

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1. Universal suffrage

   Universal suffrage consists of the extension of the right to vote to adult citizens as a whole, though it may also mean extending that right to minors and non-citizens. Although suffrage has two necessary components, the right to vote and opportunities to vote, the term universal suffrage is associated only with the right to vote and ignores the other aspect, the frequency that an incumbent government consults the electorate. Where universal suffrage exists, the right to vote is not restricted by race, sex, belief, wealth or social status. Historically, universal suffrage often meant universal adult male suffrage. The concept of universal suffrage originally referred to all male citizens having the right to vote, regarding property requirements or other measures of wealth. The first system to explicitly claim to use universal suffrage was in France, and this is generally recognized as the first national system to abolish all property requirements for voting. Republican France first instituted universal male suffrage in 1792. France and Switzerland have used universal male suffrage continuously since 1848, longer than any other country. The German Empire had universal male suffrage from its beginning in 1871. New Zealand became the first nation in the world to achieve universal suffrage in 1893.

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How to pronounce universal suffrage?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of universal suffrage in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of universal suffrage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of universal suffrage in a Sentence

1. Avery Ng:

   Hong Kong is facing a structural problem, unless we have true universal suffrage, and can use our surpluses to have genuine reform in terms of the social welfare system as well as the education system...a one-time sweetener won't help alleviate the anger of Hong Kong people.

2. Kevin Cheung:

   We're asking for the same thing – universal suffrage, the spirit is mostly the same, but the mindset of how desperate people are is very different.

3. Carrie Lam:

   Constitutional development must be built on the basis of the Basic Law and the decision of (China's) NPCSC (National People's Congress Standing Committee), otherwise it would only be futile and impractical and the aim of universal suffrage for the CE (Chief Executive) election would only become a 'castle in the air'.

4. Kenneth Chan:

   In the past 10 years or so, the lack of progress towards universal suffrage has improved participation over the last three district council elections.

5. George Bernard Shaw:

   If the lesser mind could measure the greater as a footrule can measure a pyramid, there would be finality in universal suffrage. As it is, the political problem remains unsolved.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Suffrage
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=universal suffrage