Thus, strictly speaking, voting is at best only a legally created power that is written into, or otherwise based on, the constitution of a particular organisation. The constitution or a constitutionally enacted legal rule directly specifies which positions in the organisation imply voting rights. Indirectly, it also determines which natural persons may vote by specifying the criteria that such persons should meet, if they are to be recognised as, or eligible for, occupying one or more of those positions.