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

The irony, critics pointed out, was that Karamo’s proposal would disenfranchise far more people than it empowered.

From Salon ● May 22, 2024

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

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

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

According to Jay, infant loss results in a form of disenfranchised grief.

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

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

In order to vote, you had to be there in person, so those citizens who lived outside town were also, effectively, disenfranchised.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

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

Of the nearly 29,000 Mississippians convicted of disenfranchising offenses who had completed their sentences from 1994 to 2017, 58% were Black, he said.

From Reuters ● Sep. 28, 2023

In her dissent, Jones wrote that when the Supreme Court ruled that the Equal Protection Clause does not bar states from permanently disenfranchising felons, justices said people should seek change through state legislatures.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023

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

From Philistia by Grant Allen