universal franchise

collocation in English

meaningsofuniversalandfranchise

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universal
adjective
uk
/ˌjuː.nɪˈvɜː.səl/us
/ˌjuː.nəˈvɝː.səl/
existing everywhere or ...
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franchise
noun
uk
/ˈfræn.tʃaɪz/us
/ˈfræn.tʃaɪz/
a right to sell a company's products in a particular area using the ...
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(Definition ofuniversalandfranchisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These groups slowed the party's movement towards theuniversalfranchise.
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Councillors are elected every four years throughuniversalfranchisewhich runs along with the national elections.
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The president is elected directly throughuniversalfranchiseby all citizens for a 7-year term and can be re-elected.
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It had regularly held elections under a multi-party system anduniversalfranchisefor twenty years.
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The governor suggested that these initiatives, particularly those establishing auniversalfranchise and a single electoral college for local balloting, be restored by administrative degrees issued by himself.
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And on theuniversalfranchise, why on earth did they not begin?
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That is a naked attack on local democracy anduniversalfranchise.
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If that were to be done in the normal democratic way, it would be done onuniversalfranchise.
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We have now emerged as a great democracy withuniversalfranchise, and a modern electoral organisation, and the issues, therefore, are not so great.
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It was partly as a result of such wide-scale protest in the 19th century that an enlightened system ofuniversalfranchisewas created.
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Auniversalfranchisewould have been much better.
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There is a democratically elected parliament anduniversalfranchiseamong men and women.
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Before the poll tax, elections were guaranteed to be free, and operated on auniversalfranchise.
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I shall give some details to show how theuniversalfranchisehas been undermined.
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We are so accustomed in this country to thinking of ordinary electorates by territorial constituencies, and ofuniversalfranchise, that it means nothing to us.
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Everybody also knows that there will beuniversalfranchisein those local government elections.
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The existing balance is not the only formula for constitutional peace in a democracy with auniversalfranchise.
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Theuniversalfranchiseenshrined in proper institutions had not been established in very many places.
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It has elected government,universalfranchiseand good administration.
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We now have auniversalfranchise, but it is under attack.
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