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==Etymology==
from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin suffragium, from [[Latin]], vote, [[political]] [[support]], from suffragari to support with one's vote; in other senses, from Latin suffragium
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]
==Definitions==
*1 : a short intercessory [[prayer]] usually in a series
*2 : a vote given in [[deciding]] a controverted question or electing a [[person]] for an office or [[trust]]
*3 : the [[right]] of voting : franchise; also : the [[exercise]] of such right
==Description==
'''Suffrage''', [[political]] franchise, or simply the franchise is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_right civil right] to [[vote]], or the [[exercise]] of that right. In [[English]], suffrage and its synonyms are sometimes also used to mean the right to run for office (to be a [[candidate]]), but there are no [[established]] qualifying terms to distinguish between these different [[meanings]] of the term(s). The right to run for office is sometimes called ([[candidate]]) eligibility, and the combination of both rights is sometimes called full suffrage. 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 may apply to [[election]]s, but also extends to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initiatives initiatives] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendums referendums]. Suffrage is used to describe not only the [[legal]] [[right]] to vote, but also to the [[practical]] question of the [[opportunity]] to vote, which is sometimes denied those who have a legal right. In the United States, extension of suffrage was part of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacksonian_democracy Jacksonian democracy].
In most [[democracies]], eligible voters can vote in [[election]]s of [[representatives]]. Voting on issues by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initiative initiative] may be available in some [[jurisdictions]] but not others. For example, Switzerland permits initiatives at all levels of [[government]] whereas the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States United States] does not offer initiatives at the federal level or in many states. That new [[constitutions]] must be approved by referendum is [[natural law]].
Typically [[citizens]] become eligible to vote after reaching the age of legal adulthood. Most [[democracies]] no longer extend [[different]] voting rights on the basis of [[sex]] or [[race]]. Resident aliens can vote in some countries and in others exceptions are made for citizens of countries with which they have close links (e.g. some members of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations Commonwealth of Nations], and the members of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union European Union]).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffrage]
[[Category: Political Science]]
==Etymology==
from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin suffragium, from [[Latin]], vote, [[political]] [[support]], from suffragari to support with one's vote; in other senses, from Latin suffragium
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]
==Definitions==
*1 : a short intercessory [[prayer]] usually in a series
*2 : a vote given in [[deciding]] a controverted question or electing a [[person]] for an office or [[trust]]
*3 : the [[right]] of voting : franchise; also : the [[exercise]] of such right
==Description==
'''Suffrage''', [[political]] franchise, or simply the franchise is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_right civil right] to [[vote]], or the [[exercise]] of that right. In [[English]], suffrage and its synonyms are sometimes also used to mean the right to run for office (to be a [[candidate]]), but there are no [[established]] qualifying terms to distinguish between these different [[meanings]] of the term(s). The right to run for office is sometimes called ([[candidate]]) eligibility, and the combination of both rights is sometimes called full suffrage. 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 may apply to [[election]]s, but also extends to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initiatives initiatives] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendums referendums]. Suffrage is used to describe not only the [[legal]] [[right]] to vote, but also to the [[practical]] question of the [[opportunity]] to vote, which is sometimes denied those who have a legal right. In the United States, extension of suffrage was part of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacksonian_democracy Jacksonian democracy].
In most [[democracies]], eligible voters can vote in [[election]]s of [[representatives]]. Voting on issues by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initiative initiative] may be available in some [[jurisdictions]] but not others. For example, Switzerland permits initiatives at all levels of [[government]] whereas the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States United States] does not offer initiatives at the federal level or in many states. That new [[constitutions]] must be approved by referendum is [[natural law]].
Typically [[citizens]] become eligible to vote after reaching the age of legal adulthood. Most [[democracies]] no longer extend [[different]] voting rights on the basis of [[sex]] or [[race]]. Resident aliens can vote in some countries and in others exceptions are made for citizens of countries with which they have close links (e.g. some members of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations Commonwealth of Nations], and the members of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union European Union]).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffrage]
[[Category: Political Science]]