disenfranchise

Example Sentences

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Opposition MPs have criticised the delay, saying it would potentially disenfranchise millions of voters.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

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

From Salon • May 22, 2024

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

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