Neste contexto daria certo, já que o próprio texto explica depois do que se trata.

Suggestion:

census limit . . . (I believe it refers to the way in which the "census" was being conducted at the time)

suffrage census OR vote = censitary vote

Suffrage census is granting the right of vote only those citizens who meet certain criteria to prove economic condition satisfactory.[1 ]

Voto censitário é o voto limitado, no qual os votantes só podem votar se tiverem uma certa quantia em dinheiro exigida para participar das eleições

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the 'lodger' vote as it implied the ownership of a freehold or the occupation of premises of a ... was called the censitary vote, which could only be exer- ...
www.idea.int/publications/voter_turnout.../chapter 1.pdf

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Politics of Brazil - Definition
... and the vote was censitary (just the rich people was able to vote). ... Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva elected president; percent of vote - 61,2% ...
www.wordiq.com/definition/Politics_of_Brazil

sugestao (com "til" perdido...)

(...) By the time William Penn founded Pennsylvania in 1681, suffrage in England and the American colonies was limited to men who owned substantial amounts of property. In the 1430s, Parliament required a 40-shilling freehold for suffrage, meaning that a voter had to be a native-born or naturalized subject of England and possess land or other property worth at least 40 shillings. Many of the American colonies had experimented with broader suffrage requirements at their founding. At first, Virginia granted all freemen the right to vote without regard to property. However, by the second half of the 17th century, most colonial governments had brought their suffrage requirements in line with the laws of England. Pennsylvania repeated this pattern when it was chartered. In the province’s first legal code, William Penn granted the right “of electing or being elected representatives of the people” to every man who owned 100 acres of land “or other resident in the said province, that pays scot and lot to the government.” “Scot and lot”—also written “shot and lot”—was a medieval term meaning the payment of taxes, and Penn likely included this proviso as a means of enfranchising merchants and urban residents whose situation kept them from owning large parcels of land. The broad suffrage requirements also reflected the spirit of liberty and equality that Penn hoped would infuse the colony. In constructing his “Holy Experiment,” Penn invited peoples of various nationalities and faiths to live in Pennsylvania (...)

http://www.hsp.org/default.aspx?id=1325

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