Sentence examples for suffrage it from inspiring English sources

But without suffrage, it feels like our existence here is meaningless".

Since only one-third of the 60 seats are elected through geographical constituencies and universal suffrage, it does not matter to the government that since elections last May these have been held overwhelmingly by democrats.

Because the periodical was "devoted to the interests of Woman to her educational, industrial, legal and political Equality, and especially to her right of Suffrage," it printed speeches, debates, and convention notes that pertained to suffrage for women.

The constitution of 1944 established a House of Representatives, whose members were elected by universal adult suffrage; it also called for a nominated Legislative Council as an upper house (with limited powers) and an Executive Council.

Arguments against such powers bear a striking resemblance to the old argument against universal suffrage: "It's a nice idea in theory, but it's just not practical".

The WFL was considered a radical organisation, since in addition to women's suffrage it supported equal rights for women in the areas of divorce and inheritance.

He campaigned for women's suffrage (though it did not make it into Oklahoma's original statehood constitution).

The Belgian Socialists and the Liberals both opposed woman suffrage, regarding it as most advantageous to the Belgian Catholic Party.

The report gave no hint of a timetable for achieving universal suffrage, and it angered Hong Kong's democracy movement.

China has promised that in 2017 the choice will be by "universal suffrage", but it still insists that the candidates must be chosen by the worthies.

The arrangements, set out by China's party-controlled parliament, the National People's Congress, were needed because of a pledge to grant the territory a "high degree of autonomy" and eventually "universal suffrage" when it took over from Britain in 1997.