 Also known as "censitary suffrage", the opposite of "equal suffrage," meaning that the votes cast by those eligible to vote are not equal, but are weighed differently according to the person's rank in the census (e.g., people with higher education have more votes than those with lower education, or a stockholder in a company with more shares has more votes than someone with fewer shares).Suffrage may therefore be limited, but can still be universal.Where compulsory suffrage exists, those who are eligible to vote are required by law to do so.