disenfranchised voter
Barred ballot caster
A disenfranchised voter is someone who has lost or been denied the right to vote.
Disenfranchisement can result from felony convictions, residency requirements, voter ID laws, or purges from registration rolls.
The term often carries political weight, implying that barriers to voting unfairly target certain populations: Advocates argued the new law would create thousands of disenfranchised voters.
- suppressedForcibly held down
- Jim CrowRacial separation laws
- poll taxPer-person voting charge
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
- voicelessHaving no voice
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