English-Swedish translations for suffrage

• rösträtt en
  Detta beslut verkar också ha mycket lite respekt för allmän rösträtt.This decision also seems to have very little respect for universal suffrage.
  Frågan ställer sig: Vill vi verkligen ha en europeisk rösträtt?It is raising the question of whether we want European suffrage.
  Catherine Ashton har aldrig befunnit sig i den situationen att hon ställs inför allmän rösträtt.Baroness Ashton has never put herself in a position where she has to face universal suffrage.

Definition of suffrage

• The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision
• The right to vote for elected officials in a representative democracy
• A vote in deciding a particular question
• A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead
• A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong
• Aid, intercession. a Latinism--

Examples

• universal suffrage, womens suffrage, negro suffrage

Related words

• suffragette
• antisuffrage
• suffragettism
• universal suffrage
• woman suffrage
• women's suffrage
• censitary suffrage
• census suffrage
• direct universal suffrage