Political law

upright=1.5|thumb|People queuing and showing their identity documents for voting in the [[2014 Indian general election]] Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote). In some languages, and occasionally in English, the right to vote is called active suffrage, as distinct from passive suffrage, which is the right to stand for election. The combination of active and passive suffrage is sometimes called full suffrage.

Government relations (also known as government affairs or legislative affairs), is a form of advocacy that legally attempts to influence and/or understand policy decisions made by legislators, members of regulatory agencies in the executive branch, or in some cases judges. Lobbying, a major and most well known component of government relations on the other hand, consists of "directly advocating for or against particular legislation or regulations."

governing doctrine which holds that citizens have the right to access the documents and proceedings of the government to allow for effective public oversight

body of rules, ethics and customs governing meetings and other operations of legislative bodies and other deliberative assemblies

laws governing elections

right to run for office

political vote advocacy funding

funds used for political purposes