Sentence examples for electoral franchise from inspiring English sources
Unbounded hopes were based on each successive extension of the electoral franchise, culminating in the enfranchisement of women.
Robert Bauer, a partner of Mr. Elias's who is overseeing the Kerry legal effort, took a historical view of what he called "warfare over the electoral franchise".
On Thursday, on the day after the Queen's speech, the government will publish an EU referendum bill, which will supply answers to some, though probably not all of the key questions: 1) the wording of the referendum question, 2) the electoral franchise (who can vote) and 3) the date of the referendum.
Together with others passed later in the century, the Act led to an expansion of the electoral franchise, and the rise of the House of Commons as the most important branch of Parliament.
The electoral system and franchise is the same as for the national leadership elections but confined to those on the London electoral roll.
However, any legislation to change the franchise, the electoral system or the number of constituency and regional members for the Scottish Parliament will require to be passed by a two-thirds majority of the Scottish Parliament.
DeGaris, who was elected to the council in 1962, was a staunch defender of its franchise and electoral boundaries.
The Duma electoral law, though complicated, did give the franchise to most adult males.
— Michael Specter To judge by the mood of giddy consummation at my local polling site in Brooklyn last Tuesday — the broad smiles, the cheerful efficiency, the superabundance of eye-catching electoral bling ("I VOTED TODAY") — exercising the franchise feels good.
Proposals include a written constitution, electoral reform, Lords reform and extending the franchise.
Their pressure resulted in a variety of elections, based on different voting qualifications, such as the Prussian three-class franchise, which granted to some electoral groups — chiefly the wealthier, landed ones — greater representative power.
