Search results for: “right to vote”
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Voter
One who votes. Also one who is entitled to vote.
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Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities
Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities (CRPD) in Voting Law Definition of Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities (crpd) in the context of the United States election law: International human rights treaty of the United Nations (2006) intended to protect the rights […]
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Right
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Right Meaning of Right In its legal sense, the term denotes the liberty or privilege conferred or protected by law of doing or abstaining from doing an act or the power or privilege enforced by law of […]
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Right to Participation in Elections
Right to Participation in Elections in Voting Law Definition of Right to Participation in Elections in the context of the United States election law: Recognised right of citizens and candidates to effectively participate in every step of the electoral process, from voter registration to the […]
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Voter Registry Update
Voter Registry Update in Voting Law Definition of Voter Registry Update in the context of the United States election law: Amendment/revision of voter lists by adding newly qualified voters and removing the names of those who are deceased, have been disqualified or have had their rights revoked […]
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Voter Registration
Voter Registration in Voting Law Definition of Voter Registration in the context of the United States election law: Process of recording the names and other relevant information of citizens who meet the legal requirements to vote on a list specifically created and managed by the competent […]
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Prisoner Vote
Prisoner Vote in Voting Law Definition of Prisoner Vote in the context of the United States election law: Some countries allow prisoners to vote. Given that they are usually incarcerated far from their electoral constituencies and obviously cannot leave, polling centres are set up inside jails […]
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Deadline for Voter Registration
Deadline For Voter Registration in Voting Law Definition of Deadline For Voter Registration in the context of the United States election law: Date after which citizens may no longer register to exercise their right to vote. Voter registration occurs over a specific period, defined by electoral law.
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Voting Right
Common stockholders’ right to vote their stock in affairs of a company. Preferred stock usually has the right to vote when preferred dividends are in default for a specified period. The right to vote may be delegated by the stockholder to another person. (See: Cumulative voting, Proxy)…
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Shop Right Rule
A form of implied licence to freely use subject of a patent, such right founded on application of equitable principles where an employee has used his employer’s time, money, tools and materials to produce a useful result and where it is only fair and equitable that the employer should be […]
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Registered Voter
One who has been lawfully registered as a qualified voter and has present right to vote.
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Universal Suffrage
Universal Suffrage in Voting Law Definition of Universal Suffrage in the context of the United States election law: A fundamental principle in democratic elections, by which every citizen has the right to vote in periodic and regular elections and referenda. This right must be established by […]
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Division Of Opinion
IDisagreement among those called upon to decide a matter. When, in a company or society, the parties having a right to vote are so divided that there is not a plurality of the whole in favor of any particular proposition, or when the voters are equally divided, it is said there is […]
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Electoral Disqualification
Electoral Disqualification in Voting Law Definition of Electoral Disqualification in the context of the United States election law: Exclusion from the voting process of a person who does not meet the conditions required to register as a voter, exercise the right to vote or stand as a […]