universal suffrage

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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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right to vote suffrage universal vote			Be good enough to lie still while I walk upon you, singing the praises of universal suffrage and descanting upon the blessings of civil and religious liberty. Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context First, a modified monarchy, till Arthur's days were done, then the destruction of the throne, nobility abolished, every member of it bound out to some useful trade, universal suffrage instituted, and the whole government placed in the hands of the men and women of the nation there to remain. A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context Universal suffrage, which finds such favor in the sight of those persons who belong to the constitutional opposition, as it is called, was a capital institution in the Church, because (as you yourself have just pointed out, dear pastor) the individuals of whom the Church was composed were all well educated, disciplined by religious feeling, thoroughly imbued with the spirit of the same system, well aware of what they wanted and whither they were going. The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context			Universal church universal class universal coupling Universal dial universal donor universal gas constant universal gas law universal grammar universal gravitational constant Universal instrument universal joint Universal Joint Task List Universal lever universal motor universal polar stereographic grid Universal Postal Union Universal Product Code universal proposition universal quantifier universal recipient universal resource locator Universal restoration universal set universal solvent Universal Soul universal suffrage Universal theorem universal time universal transverse mercator grid Universal umbel universal veil Universalian universalise universalism Universalist universalistic universality universalizability universalize universally Universalness universe universe of discourse Universities and Colleges Admissions Service university University City university degree university entrance University extension University of California at Berkeley University of Chicago			Universal Steering Vector Universal Stock Ticker Universal Stock Ticker Universal Stock Ticker Universal Storage Interface Bus Universal Storage Platform Universal Stormwater Management Program universal strap Universal Student Number Universal Student Ratings of Instruction Universal Studio Korea Universal Studios Universal Studios Universal Studios Consumer Products Group Universal Studios Florida Universal Studios Hollywood Universal Studios Home Entertainment Universal Studios Home Video Universal Studios Japan Universal Studios Pay-per-View Universal Studios Port Aventura Universal Studios Recreation Group Universal Subscriber Identity Module Universal Subscription Agency Pvt. Ltd. Universal Subscription Mechanism Universal substrate Universal substrate Universal substrate Universal Success Enterprises Ltd. universal suffrage Universal Support System Universal Supraconscious Universal Supraconscious Universal Supraconscious Universal Supraconsciousness Universal Supraconsciousness Universal Supraconsciousness Universal Surety of America Universal Switched Data Capability Universal Synchronous Data Universal Synchronous Receiver/Transmitter Universal Synchronous Serial Interface Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter Universal Synthesizer Module Universal System Benefits Program Universal System Identifier Universal System of Elements for Industrial Pneumatic Automation Universal System of Units of Industrial Pneumatic Automation Universal System Workload Generator Universal Systems and Technology, Inc. Universal Systems Management Initiative Universal Systems, Inc. Universal Table Browser Universal Tae Kwon Do Universal Taekwon Do Federation Universal Taijiquan-Group of Esperanto Universal Tape-to-Tape Converter Universal Task List

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