Definition of "right to vote" []

• A legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Abel P. Upshur, late Secretary of State, an amiable and excellent man, although a zealous advocate for slavery, has left on record the following opinion of one of that race, whom the Tammany champions for equal rights think constitutionally incapable and unfit to be intrusted with the right to vote at the elections:"
• "*Arab residents have the right to vote in municipal elections and are eligible to apply for citizenship."
• "The government of Great-Britain has been corrupted, because but one man in ten has a right to vote for members of parliament."