Sentence examples for universal franchise from inspiring English sources
Members of Parliament are elected to four-year terms on the basis of universal franchise.
Gautsch, who had been reappointed as prime minister, oversaw a bill that would instate universal franchise in Austria.
The election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader is the most extraordinary event in British politics since the universal franchise.
Two weeks ago, the black citizens of Rhodesia voted for the first time on the basis of a universal franchise (one man, one vote).
The Bolsheviks were solemnly committed to convening and respecting the will of the Constituent Assembly, which was to be elected in November 1917 on a universal franchise.
In December 1990 a new constitution was approved, guaranteeing human rights, freedom to organize political parties, the right to private property, and universal franchise.
For Universal, the franchise is a low-risk work-in-progress, but DeMonaco is improving as a shotmaker: this entry just about plays, albeit on the level of a straight-to-DVD item or TV pilot.
In due course both Mandela and De Klerk were awarded the Nobel peace prize for their roles in the peaceful process of transferring power from the white-minority government to the first government elected on a universal multiracial franchise.
"The Monster Legacy Collections" from Universal Home Video consists of three separate sets, each devoted to one of Universal's franchise horrors -- Frankenstein, Dracula and the Wolf Man -- and including every film in which they appeared for the studio.
On that basis, it looks unlikely to match the box office of the Universal Illumination franchise's top performer, Despicable Me 2. Rival animation Inside Out now stands at £22.8m, after 17 days of play.
The Constitution launched the new Indian state on the basis of equal citizenship, universal adult franchise and affirmative action – revolutionary concepts in a society long structured by the hierarchies and injustices of the caste system, patriarchy, monarchy and religious conservatism (to say nothing of the preceding 200 years of colonialism and imperialism under the British).
