disenfranchise

“Women are the most disenfranchised people in this business,” he told The Times in 1987.

There is, however, an added, if intangible, cost to Proposition 50: Effectively disenfranchising millions of conservative and Republican-leaning Californians, who already feel as though they’re ignored and politically impotent.

Some believe the territory's complex citizenship laws have inadvertently created a crucible of disenfranchised Haitian youngsters.

This redistricting maneuver would effectively disenfranchise millions of California Republicans, potentially reducing GOP representation to just a handful of the state’s 52 House seats.

The districts that would be eliminated are predominantly Black and brown, and these millions of voters would be effectively disenfranchised.