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

In a letter to Chairman Ray Buckley, they also called the primary “detrimental” and said “non-compliant processes can disenfranchise and confuse voters.”

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 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 Nadin, Mihai

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

Reform dubbed the matter "completely unacceptable" adding that "people who have postal votes should not be disenfranchised".

From BBC ● May 5, 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

Waldemar’s Jewishness expresses itself in fighting for equal rights and helping the disenfranchised.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

Some voters in Zanzibar felt disenfranchised and said they would "leave that section blank" on the presidential ballot.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2025

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 1950, Mississippi dropped burglary from the list of disenfranchising crimes.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2023

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

From Philistia by Allen, Grant