Most 18th- and 19th-century liberal politicians thus feared popular sovereignty; for a long time, consequently, they limited suffrage to property owners.
By 1919, 15 of the 48 states — primarily in the West — had full suffrage, while most others had limited suffrage, like only allowing women to vote in presidential elections.
Many of the states did not have constitutions, and those that did, such as the Duchy of Baden, based suffrage on strict property requirements which effectively limited suffrage to a small portion of the male population.
In addition to the limits on suffrage, the Argentinean electoral system did not have a secret ballot.
Beijing's recommended "universal suffrage with Chinese characteristics" -- limiting the slate of candidates to those who will abide by the Communist Party's dictates -- would result in Hong Kong becoming "just another Chinese city," as feared by Chan.
One of these would represent the French citizens and another would represent the indigenous population, but the suffrage was limited to less than 1% of the population.
Case asserts that while "Rutherford reserved her strongest resistance for the suffrage amendment", she "opposed all constitutional amendments, including prohibition, despite her anti-alcohol sentiments, on the basis of limiting federal power".
Suffrage then was limited only to men, the wealthy, educated, and adults who were 21 years of age or older.
In 1887 a company of "white" troops, the Honolulu Rifles, helped force upon him the Bayonet Constitution, which severely limited his powers and which allowed suffrage for the wealthy residents (who were generally American or European).
Suffrage in the new union was limited to whites, except in the Cape Colony, where black African and Coloured persons of sufficient wealth would be permitted to vote rights that would be removed in 1936 and 1956, respectively.
