Voting is the process of making collective decisions by means of submitting and then adding up individual choices. The choice voted upon is often an election of a member or members to conduct politica
Young woman's first vote. Cooktown, Australia.
Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums. In some languages, and occasionally in English, the right to vote is called acti
Voting
…include a recorded vote and balloting. The assembly can decide on the voting method by adopting a motion on it. Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Historically, women rarely had the right to vote, even in ostensibly democratic systems of government. The 19th century saw many movements advocating…
People queuing and showing their identity documents for voting in the 2014 Indian general election
A British postcard against women's suffrage postcard from c. 1908. It shows unflattering caricatures of suffragettes in front of parliament and the caption: "This is the house that man built" with a poem. From the People's History Museum, Manchester.
Britain's WSPU poster by Hilda Dallas, 1909
Women's Suffrage Headquarters on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1912