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The trick was that the Declaration of Independence wasn’t about universal suffrage.

The voting is done by direct universal suffrage in a single ballot.

Iran holds regular elections for president and parliament with universal suffrage.

China had promised universal suffrage as an ultimate goal for Hong Kong in its mini-constitution, the Basic Law.

Xi presides over a one-party system that many human rights groups, Western leaders and academics call a dictatorship because it lacks an independent judiciary, free media, or universal suffrage for national office.