as in votes
the right to formally express one's position or will in an election
even as the world entered the 21st century, some nations still did not permit women's suffrage
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This latest iteration, which builds on the 2024 version by adding a voter ID provision, must get 60 votes to pass.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026 -
For more than five years, Republicans who question the results of the 2020 election demanded to inspect the original ballots from Fulton County to validate their suspicions of miscounts, missing votes and fraud.—
Mark Niesse for the AJC,
AJC.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Really hard, apparently MUST-KNOW POLITICS AND BUSINESS 📄 Court documents unsealed Tuesday showed that much of the evidence behind the FBI’s seizure of Fulton County’s 2020 ballots came from election skeptics.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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In the March 3, 2026 election, there are competitive primaries for local, state and federal seats are on ballots.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Suffrages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suffrages. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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