universal plural suffrage:
universal plural suffrage gave the right to vote to all adult men, with an option of acquiring one or two additional votes on the grounds of paying a certain amount in taxes or holding a certificate of higher education. The part of the electorate having only one vote (850,000 voters) was outweighed by the 1,240,000 votes the well-off part of the electorate was entitled to. Universal plural suffrage was replaced in 1919 by universal (single-vote) suffrage.

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