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

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.

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

She stayed in the Liberal Party, despite her profound disagreement with its stance on the suffrage issue.

The suffrage was enlarged at the same time, but still limited to male citizens possessing a certain wealth.

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.

Civil rights primarily gravitates around issues such as discrimination, accommodation, suffrage (voting), and to a lesser extent, property rights.

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.

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

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

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

Equal rights for women not simply suffrage, but also working outside the home or living independently was still a radical idea in many countries.

The battle for women's suffrage on equal terms with men, to which she made her first commitment in 1875, was her most enduring cause.

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.

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

But today s young democracies have to do everything much faster. They don t have the luxury of restricting suffrage to property owners, or to more educated citizens.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

In about 1879 she became a member of the National Society for Women's Suffrage, which had been founded in 1867 in the wake of the 1866 Ladies Petition .

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.

New attention was given to women's rights, and in 1952 suffrage for women was guaranteed in the Constitution, full Constitutional equality following, and Lina Tsaldari becoming the first female minister that decade.

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.

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.