enfranchisement

The implication isn't hard to suss out: if women use our enfranchisement to vote for our rights, then we're somehow "abusing" our right to vote.

Throughout the 1970s, the pursuit of public aid, affirmative action and political enfranchisement was funneled by federal policymakers into private enterprise.

When I first started reading about Guam, I imagined the solution was enfranchisement, voting rights, equal opportunity under the law, statehood: more so-called American ideals.

Asner’s time in office was not a dull one — he was criticized for his liberal politics, particularly for his criticism of then-President Reagan — but involved a consistent message of enfranchisement.

Some lawmakers want to create higher barriers to enfranchisement.