disenfranchise
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Opposition MPs have criticised the delay, saying it would potentially disenfranchise millions of voters.
From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026
“That exhibit, in and of itself, is no reason to strip the voters of Bridgeport of their rights and disenfranchise them.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2023
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
The provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 currently ban tests for voting, which were used to disenfranchise people of color for decades.
From Salon • May 16, 2023
He is wholly at the mercy of the factor, who usually holds all the highest offices on the estate, and has the power, as at Barra, to disenfranchise an entire island.
From Our Journey to the Hebrides by Pennell, Elizabeth Robins
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