disenfranchise

Example Sentences

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In 1965, Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, which outlawed practices designed to disenfranchise Black voters by banning literary tests and poll taxes.

From Seattle Times

Republicans argued that not seating all delegates disenfranchises voters.

From Seattle Times

This disenfranchises those who have paid for their crime.

From Washington Post

The charismatic former tax inspector, who has won support among Senegal's disenfranchised urban youth, has become a focus for anger at Sall's failure to rule out running for a third term next year.

From Reuters

Here white people worked the hardest to disenfranchise and push back against the threat of Black power.

From Scientific American