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Noun: census suffrage
  1. A system where 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 high income have more votes than those with a small income)
    "Census suffrage was criticized for favouring the wealthy in elections";
    - censitary suffrage

Type of: right to vote, suffrage, vote

Encyclopedia: Census suffrage