Exercising the right to vote for a representative is an example of

Explanation:

The right to vote in public, political elections (although the word is sometimes used for any right to vote) is suffrage, political franchise or simply franchise. ... Full suffrage is sometimes called a combination of active and passive suffrage. For members, suffrage is also formulated in terms of elections.

1. they could both use a veto to cancel an action.

2. women couldn't vote in the roman republic but could in the united states