Is real democracy possible without Universal Adult Franchise?<br />
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Universal Adult Franchise is based on equality which is a basic principle of democracy. It demands that the right to
vote should be equally available among all. To deny any class of persons from exercising
this right is to violate their right to equality. In fact, the spirit of democracy can be maintained
only if the people are given the right to vote without any discrimination. The exercise of
right to vote adds to the individual's self-respect, dignity, sense of responsibility, and political
and civic education. In other words, the system of adult franchise is the bedrock of a
democratic system. People are called political sovereign because they possess the right to
vote a government into power, or to vote a government out of power. That is why democracy
has sometimes been described as a mode of appointing, controlling and dismissing governments
by the people.
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