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His entry into country provides voting qualification (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

franchise

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'voting qualification' is the definition.
'franchise' can be an answer for 'voting' (thesaurus). I'm not certain of the 'qualification' bit.

I can't explain the rest of the clue.

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(Other definitions for franchise that I've seen before include "suffrage" , "For citizen, right" , "rights of citizenship" , "Authorisation to sell a company's goods or services in a specified area" , "permit being provided" .)

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