Definition of Right to vote

1. Noun. A legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment. "American women got the vote in 1920"

Exact synonyms: Suffrage, Vote
Specialized synonyms: Universal Suffrage
Generic synonyms: Enfranchisement, Franchise
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Suffragette, Suffragist, Vote

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Literary usage of Right to vote

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Joint Select Committee Appointed to Inquire Into the Condition by Luke Potter Poland, John Scott (1872)
"Does it grant the right to vote absolutely, without reference to citizenship ? Without reference to residence in any State, without reference to age or sex ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"_ This proposition answers also another objection to the constitutionality of the laws under consideration, namely: that the right to vote for a ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Hence there is no necessary relation between citizenship and the right to vote. Minors and women (the latter save in those States having woman suffrage) do ..."

4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"... but there is no distinction in the right to vote of the persons in these three classes, provided the poll taxes are paid as required. ..."

5. State Government in the United States by Arthur Norman Holcombe (1916)
"4 This rule, or the similar rule laid down in the Pennsylvania declaration of rights,5 clearly recognizes a right to vote, but also clearly implies that ..."

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