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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

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

“Suspending him would further disenfranchise the district’s constituents.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 2023

Not only this, but he proposed to the provincial assembly a measure to disenfranchise all persons who have concubines.

From China, Japan and the U.S.A. Present-Day Conditions in the Far East and Their Bearing on the Washington Conference by John Dewey

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

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

Unlike deaths with associated rituals, road maps, and standards, those that are disenfranchised are complex, underacknowledged, and often isolating.

From Slate Jul. 19, 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

“Hip-hop has become the global language of resistance — the musical form through which the dispossessed and disenfranchised articulate grievance and assert dignity,” Singh said.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2026

There was still no specific mention of African American women, who, along with African American men, would continue to be disenfranchised by state laws, especially in the South.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

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

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

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

From Philistia by Grant Allen




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