Fill in the blanks with the following words: Universal Adult Franchise; MLAs; representative; directly.
Democratic governments in our times are usually referred to as representative democracies. In representative democracies, people do not participate(i) _______________ but, instead, choose their (ii) _______________ through an election process. These (iii) _______________ meet and make decisions for the entire population. These days, a government cannot call itself democratic unless it allows what is known as (iv) _______________ . This means that all adult citizens in the country are allowed to vote.