disfranchise [ disenfranchise | disqualify from voting ]

right to vote [ entitlement to vote | voting right | franchise | elective franchise | suffrage right ]

Swiss citizen who is eligible to vote | Swiss citizen who is entitled to vote

right to vote | elective franchise | franchise

Additionally, Venezuela presently uses so-called screening lists not only to keep citizens from holding public office, but also depriving them from the right to vote freely for their preferred representatives.

Furthermore, the conditions that a few EU countries impose for nationals of other EU countries living in their territory to vote and stand as candidates in these elections or for founding or becoming members of political parties can pose an obstacle to the exercise of citizens’ voting rights.

Furthermore, the conditions that a few EU countries impose for nationals of other EU countries living in their territory to vote and stand as candidates in these elections or for founding or becoming members of political parties can pose an obstacle to the exercise of citizens’ voting rights.

21. Considers that, as regards Community citizens' right to vote and with due regard for the Member States' competence in this area, Member States should examine the possibility of extending to all resident citizens, regardless of their nationality, the right to vote in regional and national elections; considers also that Member States which do not grant their nationality to those legally resident on their territory once a reasonable period of time has elapsed should at least consider the possibility of granting long-term residents the right to vote in all elections;