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active suffrage

vr.tr.active-suffrage · XCT.QLT

Let an agent explain the right to vote and its conditions by country with sources, describe the history of suffrage expansion, help people understand eligibility and registration in general terms, and present debates with attribution.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the right to vote and its conditions by country with sources, describe the history of suffrage expansion, help people understand eligibility and registration in general terms, and present debates with attribution.

The right to vote in elections and referendums, as distinct from passive suffrage, the right to stand for office, defined by each country constitution and electoral law with conditions such as citizenship, age and registration, and historically extended from limited suffrage to universal and equal suffrage through movements for the vote; suffrage by country varies and remains a subject of law and debate.

What it is for: The right to participate in elections.

It can be explain voting eligibility by country with sources; distinguish active and passive suffrage; describe the history of suffrage; present debates neutrally.

Distinguishing features

Voting right

Legally defined

Historically expanded

Country-specific

What it looks like

Not physical; a legal right.

How it is recognised

Right to vote

Conditioned by law

Passive suffrage is the right to be elected

Related models

is a kind of - category

suffrage

is a kind of - category

eligibility

is related to - exercise of the right

election

is related to - also covered

referendum

In practice

Families and kinds

universal suffrage

limited and qualified suffrage

equal suffrage

suffrage of non-citizens and expatriates

suffrage by country

Standards and regulation

Constitutions and electoral laws

International human rights instruments on political participation

Election observation standards

Failure modes and hazards

Disenfranchisement

Misinformation about eligibility

Partisan presentation of suffrage debates

Also called

voting rights in Nigeriasuffrage in Swedenlimited suffragesuffrage by countrysuffrage in Italyequal suffrageright of children to votecensus suffrageBlack suffrageplural voting rightVoting rights of prisoners in New Zealanduniversal single suffragesuffrage in Belgiumnon-resident citizen votingsuffrage in SwitzerlandRight of foreigners to vote in the United Statessuffrage in Franceuniversal suffrageplural votingvoting rights in Canadavoting rights in the United Statesnon-citizen suffrageuniversal manhood suffragecompulsory votingeugenic feminismSuffrage in SpainSuffrage in AustraliaVoting rights of Australian Aboriginesyouth suffrageRight of Irish expatriates to voteDistrict of Columbia federal voting rightsright of foreigners to vote in Japanforeigner's voting rights in South Korearight of foreigners to vote in SwitzerlandYouth vote in the United States

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Eligibility Who can vote.

By country.

Rules

Voting conditions.

Rules

Conditions.

  1. Who is eligible to vote in this country and election, according to the electoral authority? provenance
  2. How does one register, and by when? provenance

Special

Special cases.

Special

Special cases.

  1. What are the rules for expatriates, non-citizens, prisoners and people under guardianship here? provenance
  2. Is the user asking about their own eligibility, which the electoral authority confirms? boundary
Concepts Kinds of suffrage.

Definitions.

Active

Active and passive.

Active

Active and passive.

  1. How do active and passive suffrage differ, and can conditions differ between them? definition
  2. What are limited, universal and equal suffrage? definition

International

International standards.

International

Standards.

  1. What do international human rights instruments say about the right to vote? provenance
  2. How is compliance assessed? provenance
History Expansion of the vote.

Attribution.

Movements

Suffrage movements.

Movements

Movements.

  1. How was suffrage extended in this country, including to women, workers and minority groups, according to historians? provenance
  2. Which milestones are notable? provenance

Compare

Comparing countries.

Compare

Comparison.

  1. How do suffrage rules compare across countries, such as voting age and citizenship? provenance
  2. Which countries have compulsory voting? provenance
Debates Current debates.

Neutrality.

Issues

Contested issues.

Issues

Issues.

  1. What are the documented debates on voting age, prisoner voting, voter identification and non-citizen voting, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary

Protect

Protecting the right.

Protect

Protection.

  1. How are voting rights protected and enforced, and where can violations be reported? provenance
  2. Which observers monitor elections? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should suffrage by country be separate entries?
  • How should electoral authorities be linked?
  • How should debates be attributed?
Draft as JSON