disenfranchise
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Opposition MPs have criticised the delay, saying it would potentially disenfranchise millions of voters.
From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026
It would disenfranchise vulnerable groups of people, she said — women, people with disabilities, communities of color and the elderly.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2025
But such a move, Riggs and other critics have previously argued, would unfairly disenfranchise uniformed service members.
From Salon • Feb. 1, 2025
In a letter to Chairman Ray Buckley, they also called the primary “detrimental” and said “non-compliant processes can disenfranchise and confuse voters.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2024
Meanwhile cases of flagrant bribery at East Retford and Penryn—two notoriously corrupt boroughs—came before the House, and it was proposed to disenfranchise the former and to give in its place two members to Birmingham.
From Lord John Russell by Reid, Stuart J. (Stuart Johnson)
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