This term means literally that everybody can vote. Practically it means all adult citizens who are not barred from voting by past crimes can vote provided they are properly registered to vote.
Adult Sufferage consists of the extension of the right to vote to adult citizens as a whole,though it may also mean extending said right to minors and non-citizens
Universal suffrage is the idea that all people should have the right to vote.
Suffrage meaning the right to vote.
Universal meaning everyone.
This allows all persons 18 years and over the right to vote in an election
In 1954 we(Belize ) gained universal adult suffrage
All white men were allowed to vote.
Increased voter turnout
Universal Adult Suffrage was granted to Jamaicans in 1944 (Act was passed then). P.V.M
Because Universal Suffrage had not occurred yet in America.
1928
Universal suffrage (also universal adult suffrage, general suffrage or common suffrage) consists of the extension of the right to vote to adult citizens (or subjects) as a whole, though it may also mean extending said right to minors (Demeny voting) and non-citizens. Although suffrage has two necessary components, the right to vote and opportunities to vote, the term universal suffrage is associated only with the right to vote and ignores the other aspect, the frequency that an incumbent government consults the electorate. Where universal suffrage exists, the right to vote is not restricted by race, sex, belief, sexual orientation, gender identity, wealth, or social status. Historically, universal suffrage often in fact refers to universal adult male suffrage.
Universal suffrage
Universal suffrage, universal education, slavery, and racism
problems with who can vote and who couldn't
in 1858
To give women the vote.