suffrage

Noun
  1. A legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution;
    Guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment (synset 105193574)
    "American women got the vote in 1920"
    referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    is a type of: enfranchisement, franchise - a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
    subtypes: universal suffrage - suffrage for all adults who are not disqualified by the laws of the country
    same as: right to vote, vote

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