Suffrage

legal right of women to vote

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.

political concept, the right to vote for all adult citizens

right to run for office

public holiday in South Africa

slogan used by advocates of political equality through various electoral reforms

form of voting rights in which all adult men are allowed to vote

children's right to vote

Chartist protest in Newport, Monmouthshire, 1839

voting rights of foreigners in different countries

black people's right to vote.