Elections are held by direct or indirect, equal and secret, universal suffrage.

PARIS France has now conducted its ninth presidential election under direct universal suffrage.

The President shall be elected for a five year term, which may be renewed once by universal, free, direct and equal suffrage by secret ballot

Under this Constitution, the President of the Republic was elected by direct universal suffrage for a six year term there were no limits on re election.

The National Assembly is composed of 92 men and women representatives, elected by universal, equal, direct, free and secret suffrage, under the system of proportional representation.

With regard to executive power, article 20 of the Constitution provides that the Central African people shall elect the President of the Republic by direct universal suffrage.

Universal suffrage with respect to local elections applies to Guamanians 18 years and older.

Thus, the institution of universal suffrage in 1991 represented significant progress, although admittedly it was only a start.

3. Further notes the inauguration in 1999 of a national Government based on village elections by universal adult suffrage

3. Further notes the inauguration in 1999 of a national Government based on village elections by universal adult suffrage

The municipal voting system was changed to universal suffrage in 1917when a left wing majority was elected to Parliament.

This Constitution re established universal suffrage for the election of the President of the Republic, deputies and their alternates.

The President is elected by universal suffrage, by those 18 years old and older, for a term of four years.

Yasir Arafat s death was followed by the choice of his successor in a direct election with universal suffrage, which was accompanied by Israel s decision one unique in the world to help, not hinder the democratic process in territories it occupies.

For the first time ever, universal suffrage was introduced in the colonies including Ubangi Shari and the double balloting system was abolished.

Conducted a series of workshops seminars for church leaders, NGOs and the public on the The Secrecy of the Ballot and Universal Suffrage .

The Reichstag delegates were elected by direct and equal male suffrage (and not the three class electoral system prevailing in Prussia until 1918).

This Constitution, which remained in force until 15 March 2003, confirmed, in the preamble, that universal suffrage is the only source of political legitimacy.

Elections are held by secret ballot, at intervals of not more than four years, by universal suffrage for those aged 18 years and over.

Citizens know by experience that democracy does not consist in universal suffrage alone, but also requires a public sphere that is equally open to all.

But, despite its promise of universal suffrage, the Basic Law restricts democratic development during the first ten years after the handover of Hong Kong to China.

Twenty years after the European Parliament was elected by universal suffrage in 1979, the introduction of the euro marked a logical extension of the European dream.

In April 2004, China's legislators ruled out universal suffrage in Hong Kong's 2007 election of its chief executive, as well as for its 2008 Legislative Council election.

Universal suffrage for both sexes has been applied throughout Turkey since 1933, and every Turkish citizen who has turned 18 years of age has the right to vote.

The French Revolution and the introduction of universal suffrage were aimed as much at ridding France of the corporation of judges as they were at getting rid of the nobility.

The best case would be if China agreed to universal suffrage no later than the 2011 and 2012 elections, gaining legitimacy in Hong Kong by backing reform of the political system.

Elections with universal suffrage, combined with a relatively free press, meant that the succession became a public issue, debated in the media and by academics for months as Sheikh Jaber was dying.

With regard to the legislature, article 46 provides that the Central African people elect, by means of direct suffrage, the citizens who sit in Parliament and who bear the title of deputies .

After the adoption of the New Constitution in 1990, a multi party system was introduced, with general elections based on universal suffrage for both the Parliament as for the Presidency of the Republic.

For nearly 60 years, universal suffrage has made successive French presidents the modern equivalents of elected monarchs, men who have concentrated in their hands more power than their counterparts in any other democratic country.

Recalling the inauguration in 1996 of a national legislative body, the General Fono, based on village elections by universal adult suffrage and the assumption by that body in June 2003 of full responsibility for the Tokelau budget,

Recalling the inauguration in 1999 of a national legislative body, the General Fono, based on village elections by universal adult suffrage and the assumption by that body in June 2003 of full responsibility for the Tokelau budget,

Recalling the inauguration in 1999 of a national legislative body, the General Fono, based on village elections by universal adult suffrage and the assumption by that body in June 2003 of full responsibility for the Tokelau budget,

Recalling the inauguration in 1999 of a national legislative body, the General Fono, based on village elections by universal adult suffrage and the assumption by that body in June 2003 of full responsibility for the Tokelau budget,

But, despite its promise of universal suffrage, the Basic Law restricts democratic development during the first ten years after the handover of Hong Kong to China. As a result, full democracy is to be permitted only in 2007.

These fundamental rights are part and parcel of democratic government. But when it comes to economic development, these fundamental rights are more important than other purely political aspects of democracy, such as universal suffrage and genuine political competition.

The right to suffrage is personal and constitutes a civic duty.

During the February 1928 General Election, which was the first held in Japan following the passage of universal male suffrage, the Japan Communist Party was very visible in its support of the legal socialist and labor oriented political parties.

(ii) Guaranteeing the right to vote freely and to be elected in a free and fair process at regular intervals, by universal and equal suffrage, conducted by secret ballot and with full respect for the right to freedom of association

Compared with all the other political regimes known to mankind, democracy represents ethical progress twice over first, because it is based on respect for human rights and secondly, because the universal suffrage that modern democracy embraces prohibits neglecting or oppressing minorities.

These same domestic legal instruments affirm that universal suffrage is the sole source of political legitimacy and that all human beings are equal before the law, without distinction on the grounds of race, ethnic origin, regional origin, sex or religion.

The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.

The 1964 Constitution established universal suffrage for the election of the President of the Republic in a single round of voting, whereas the National Assembly was elected on the basis of a single national list presented by the Social Evolution Movement of Black Africa (MESAN).

Famously in France s Ancien Régime, the judges collectively acted as a close knit, self contained social class. The French Revolution and the introduction of universal suffrage were aimed as much at ridding France of the corporation of judges as they were at getting rid of the nobility.

The Parliament consisted of two chambers the National Assembly, made up of deputies elected by universal suffrage, and the Economic and Social Council, half of which was made up of elected councillors and the other half of government appointees their term of office was five years.