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Suffrage universel dédié à Ledru-Rollin,
Frédéric Sorrieu, 1850
Suffrage, political franchise, or simply the franchise, distinct from mere voting rights, is the In many other languages, the right to vote is called the active right to vote and the right to be voted for (to run for office) is called the passive right to vote. In English, these are rarely called active suffrage and passive suffrage.
Suffrage is often conceived in terms of elections for representatives; however, suffrage applies equally to
initiative and
referendum. Suffrage describes not only the legal right to vote, but also the practical question of whether a question will be put to a vote. The utility of suffrage is reduced when important questions are decided unilaterally by elected or unelected representatives.
In most democracies, eligible voters can vote in elections of representatives. Voting on issues by
initiative may be available in some jurisdictions but not others. For example,
Switzerland permits initiatives at all levels of government whereas the
United States does not offer initiatives at the federal level or in many states. That new constitutions must be approve...
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