용어집 항목
Suffrage
정의
The right to vote, and the historical question of who holds it — the franchise has expanded and contracted repeatedly in most countries.
참고 항목
Franchise restriction
A change narrowing who may vote or how easily — a category the site tracks separately from expansions, because the direction of travel is the point.
Disenfranchisement
The loss or denial of voting rights, whether by law, administration or obstruction — its effect is measurable regardless of whether the intent can be shown.
Universal suffrage
The right of all adult citizens to vote, subject only to narrow and justified exceptions — a standard reached in most countries only in the twentieth century.