1. What is Suffrage?
Suffrage is the right or exercise of the right to vote in public affairs. The
freedom of an individual to express a desire for a change in government by
choosing between competing people or ideas without fear of reprisal is basic
to self-government. Any exclusion from the right of suffrage, or as it is also
called, the franchise, excludes that person from a basic means for
participating in the political decision-making process.
Reference: Arlington, K. M., and Taylor, W., eds., Voting Rights in America
(1992); Berghe, G. V., Political Rights for European Citizens (1982); Cultice, W.
W., Youth's Battle for the Ballot (1992); Robin, The Theory of Voting (1969);
Gilette, William, The Right to Vote (1969); Rogers, D. W., ed., Voting and the
Spirit of American Democracy (1992); Williamson, Chilton, American Suffrage
From Property to Democracy, 1760-1860 (1960).
Assignment
1. What is suffrage?
Reference:
Katigbak, Tony (May 15, 2013) The right of suffrage. Retrieved from
http://www.philstar.com/opinion/2013/05/15/942224/right-suffrage on
October 3 2017