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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
disfranchise .
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Examples
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He was well aware that Virginia was one of only two states in the nation -- Kentucky is the other -- that permanently disfranchises every person convicted of a felony, requiring an order of the Governor to regain the right to vote.
Archive 2009-05-01 Stephen Retherford 2009
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He was well aware that Virginia was one of only two states in the nation -- Kentucky is the other -- that permanently disfranchises every person convicted of a felony, requiring an order of the Governor to regain the right to vote.
Jack Kemp and voter restoration for felons Stephen Retherford 2009
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At a stroke, this policy disfranchises that entire tranche of the population who are looking desperately not just for some relief from the financial burden of direct and indirect taxation but also for a glimmering of sympathetic understanding from at least one political party ...
Tories & tax cuts 2008
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At a stroke, this policy disfranchises that entire tranche of the population who are looking desperately not just for some relief from the financial burden of direct and indirect taxation but also for a glimmering of sympathetic understanding from at least one political party ...
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There are no absentee ballots, which means the process disfranchises the sick, shut-ins and people who are out of town on the day of the caucus.
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To seat the delegates in the way that the Clinton camp is threatening disfranchises that million people in what the Clintonistas insist are key swing states.
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It disfranchises its own citizens…It encourages ignorance…It steals from us…It insults us.
Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007
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It disfranchises its own citizens…It encourages ignorance…It steals from us…It insults us.
Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007
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It disfranchises its own citizens…It encourages ignorance…It steals from us…It insults us.
Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007
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There are no absentee ballots, which means the process disfranchises the sick, shut-ins and people who are out of town on the day of the caucus.
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