Suffrage

Suffrage

/ˈsəfrij/

noun

1) a vote cast in deciding a disputed question or in electing a person to office

“When a citizen gives his suffrage to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor; he betrays the interest of his country.”

— Noah Webster (1758 – 1843)

2) right or privilege of voting

“It took 72 years of unrelenting, unbroken organizing grassroots effort to get women’s suffrage.”

― Gerda Lerner (1946 – )

3) exercise of voting rights

“The right of suffrage was a tender point, and strongly guarded by most of the State Constitutions.”

― Oliver Ellsworth (1745 – 1807)