Suffrage
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| + | '''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 context, it is also called ''political franchise'' or simply ''the franchise''. In most democracies citizens or subjects above the voting age can normally vote in its elections. Resident aliens can vote in some countries and in others exceptions are made for citizens of countries with which they have close links (e.g. some members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], and the members of the [[European Union]]). | ||
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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 context, it is also called political franchise or simply the franchise. In most democracies citizens or subjects above the voting age can normally vote in its elections. Resident aliens can vote in some countries and in others exceptions are made for citizens of countries with which they have close links (e.g. some members of the Commonwealth of Nations, and the members of the European Union).
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