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Electoral franchise
combined. With certain savings as to corporate towns, the (English) Reform Act, 1832, established a universal 10l. household suffrage for adult males. The (English) Representation of the People Act, 1867 (ss. 3 and 4), gave the franchise
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vote
of persons expressed by voting 3 : the right to cast a vote ;specif : the right of suffrage 4 a : the act or process of voting [brought the question to a ] b : a
Chartism
The principles of a political party in England 1838 48 which contended for universal suffrage the vote by ballot annual parliaments equal electoral districts and other radical reforms as set forth in a
Plebiscite
A vote by universal male suffrage especially in France a popular vote as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of 1791
Pot walloper
in certain boroughs of England where before the passage of the reform bill of 1832 the qualification for suffrage was to have boiled walloped his own pot in the parish for six months
Progressive party
platform are those demanding direct primaries preferential primaries for presidential nominations direct election of United States senators womens suffrage and recall of judicial decisions in certain cases In 1924 the label was also adopted by the party
VerbarSobranje
The unicameral national assembly of Bulgaria elected for a term of five years by universal suffrage of adult males
House of Commons
the Charter.'--The six points of the 'People Charter 'demanded by the 'Chartists 'at Birmingham in 1838 were:--(1) Universal Suffrage; (2) Vote by Ballot (granted in 1872); (3) Paid Representatives (granted in 1911); (4) Equal Electoral Districts; (5)
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