disenfranchise

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

"I will continue to make sure that the more than 65,000 voters who Griffin seeks to disenfranchise have their voices heard. No matter how long it takes, I will not stop doing what is right."

From Salon ● Jan. 23, 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

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

From Phineas Finn The Irish Member by Anthony Trollope

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

That means that the most vulnerable voters who depend on vote by mail around the country would have been disenfranchised, including core Republican constituencies.

From Slate ● Sep. 15, 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

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

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

States already ensure the vote is safe without disenfranchising vulnerable groups.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2025

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

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2024

Summers found out the man had been convicted of a disenfranchising felony.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2024

It was not disenfranchising them, which is generous.

From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2024

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

From Philistia by Grant Allen