disenfranchisement
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To prevent disenfranchisement, many states enacted laws that permitted soldiers to vote under the supervision of commanding officers, who would then transmit ballots to election officials back home.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2026
The court has said that the allegations of disenfranchisement "largely appears to be a case of trust deficit, nothing else" and that it would "step in immediately" if mass exclusion of voters is proven.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025
He’s written novels, short stories and comics about alienation and disenfranchisement and revenge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025
You explain that the Warren court strengthened the right to vote based on the 14th Amendment, but voter disenfranchisement was also rooted in the 14th Amendment.
From Salon ● May 11, 2024
During the Jim Crow era, African Americans were denied the right to vote through poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and felon disenfranchisement laws, even though the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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