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disenfranchise

[dis-en-fran-chahyz] / ˌdɪs ɛnˈfræn tʃaɪz /


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

From BBC Jan. 24, 2026

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

From Salon Feb. 1, 2025

The lists could find their way into the hands of malicious actors and individual efforts to inspect the rolls could disenfranchise voters through intimidation or canceled registrations, state election officials and privacy advocates warned.

From Washington Times Oct. 4, 2023

He worried, however, that the dueling election processes could disenfranchise voters — especially those who may wonder why all of the major candidates aren’t on their ballot when it’s time to vote.

From Seattle Times Sep. 21, 2023

The whole thing is gone, and for my part I wish they'd disenfranchise the borough.

From Phineas Finn The Irish Member by Trollope, Anthony

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

That’s just a misdemeanor, but it still disenfranchises Drouin.

From Seattle Times Apr. 25, 2023

This disenfranchises those who have paid for their crime.

From Washington Post Mar. 29, 2023

Raman and Krekorian have sharply criticized the map, saying it disenfranchises voters and needs to be reworked.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 29, 2021

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

Director Sue Davison, a specialist teacher with 30 years' experience in schools, said the rise of toxic masculinity among social media influencers had a serious impact on "disenfranchised boys".

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Certain voters, members of communities that have been disenfranchised before, may now be less confident that their vote will count.

From Slate Jul. 23, 2026

Congress’s aim was to prevent minorities from being disenfranchised.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 29, 2026

Hungary said the law disenfranchised tens of thousands of ethnic Hungarians, who live mostly in Ukraine's westernmost region of Transcarpathia -- part of the former Kingdom of Hungary until the end of World War I.

From Barron's Apr. 28, 2026

She demanded that Greeley consider how he would feel if he were disenfranchised.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

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

The landmark 1965 law followed the Civil Rights Act and outlawed discriminatory voting practices such as literacy tests that were aimed at disenfranchising Black voters.

From Seattle Times Sep. 1, 2023

"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

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

From Philistia by Allen, Grant




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