disenfranchise

Opposition MPs have criticised the delay, saying it would potentially disenfranchise millions of voters.

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026

In recent decades, good-government advocates have fought to create districts that are logical and geographically compact and do not disenfranchise minority voters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025

But such a move, Riggs and other critics have previously argued, would unfairly disenfranchise uniformed service members.

From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2025

“That exhibit, in and of itself, is no reason to strip the voters of Bridgeport of their rights and disenfranchise them.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023

They effectively discount any and all other means of acquiring knowledge, and totally disenfranchise individuals who cannot read.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin

Yates, from Crackington Haven, said she wanted the bank to "reconsider their policy" as she believed it "disenfranchises the rural population".

From BBC ● May 14, 2026

Randall Avila, executive director of the Orange County GOP, said the measure disenfranchises Latino GOP voters like himself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2025

This disenfranchises those who have paid for their crime.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2023

Hobbs said he opposed the practice because “it disenfranchises communities and leaves us vulnerable to misinformation,” but that he would honor voters’ decision if they were to choose ranked choice voting in the future.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2022

No other country in the world disenfranchises people who are released from prison in a manner even remotely resembling the United States.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

"We need to make sure that their right is not disenfranchised as well," he said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Foundation to ‘bring hope and strength to young adults ages 14-24 in underserved and disenfranchised communities.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Unlike deaths with associated rituals, road maps, and standards, those that are disenfranchised are complex, underacknowledged, and often isolating.

From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026

Reform dubbed the matter "completely unacceptable" adding that "people who have postal votes should not be disenfranchised".

From BBC ● May 5, 2026

His years as a community organizer had shown him how many people felt unheard and disenfranchised within our democracy.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Some voters confronted school staff and accused them of disenfranchising voters.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2024

It was not disenfranchising them, which is generous.

From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2024

"In the last fifty years, a national consensus has emerged among the state legislatures against permanently disenfranchising those who have satisfied their judicially imposed sentences and thus repaid their debts to society," he wrote.

From Reuters ● Aug. 4, 2023

In a federal complaint filed Thursday, the department alleged the county routinely violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and risked disenfranchising Angelenos with vision and mobility disabilities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

Perhaps he might be able to undertake this Great Widgerly disenfranchising case.

From Philistia by Grant Allen