democratic rights
Voting and speech
Democratic rights are the entitlements citizens hold in a system of representative government—the right to vote, run for office, speak freely, assemble, and petition authorities.
These rights ensure participation in governance and protection from state overreach: The protesters demanded their democratic rights be respected.
The term often appears in contexts where such rights are threatened or denied.
- votingFormally registering a choice
- ballot boxContainer for cast votes
- freedom of speechProtected right to speak
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
- electionsFormal choosing of officials
habeas corpus · presumption of innocence · freedom of assembly · peaceful assembly · freedom of religion · judicial independence · equal protection · education access · freedom of press · representation · suffrage · gender equality · referendums · political parties · racial equality · freedom of association · public office · town hall meeting
- rightscivil liberties, immunity, liberty, constitutional guarantees, fundamental freedoms
- Charter Rightsfundamental freedoms, reasonable limits, freedom of expression, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly
- free speechfree expression, freedom of speech, protected speech, speech protection, free press
- Canadian Constitutionconstitutional amendment, 1867, 1982, division of powers, federal powers
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- civil rightsequal protection, civil liberties, desegregation, freedom of religion, Montgomery bus boycott
democratic rightstyranny
Oppressive, absolute governance
dictatorship · despotism · fascism · absolute monarchy · one-party rule
democratic rightsoppression
Unjust exercise of power
political repression · subjugation · disenfranchisement · censorship · political persecution
democratic, rights, democracy, democrat, democrats, democracies, democratize, democratization, democratically