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universal suffrage
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Noun1.universal suffrage - suffrage for all adults who are not disqualified by the laws of the country
right to vote, suffrage, vote - a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "American women got the vote in 1920"


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28 In which country did British imperial rulers give the native people four parliamentary seats and universal male suffrage in 1867 - 12 years before all male Europeans there got the vote?
These were: universal male suffrage, annual parliaments, vote by secret ballot, abolition of property qualifications for MPs, payment for MPs and equal electoral districts.
THE Chartists took their name from six points of a charter published in 1838 by the London Working Men's Association demanding male suffrage, equal electoral districts, annual parliaments, payment for members, secret ballots and no qualifications needed for MPs.
 
 
 
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