disenfranchises
Strips voting power
Disenfranchises means to deprive someone of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote.
When a government disenfranchises citizens, it strips them of their ability to participate in elections, often through laws targeting specific groups.
The term extends beyond voting to describe any act that marginalizes people or excludes them from opportunities they should have access to: The new policy effectively disenfranchises rural communities by closing their only polling stations.
Actively prevents expression
- excludesDeliberately leaves out
- barsRods, taverns, or measures
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- ballotsVoting forms
polls · suffrage · electoral · citizenship · voter ID · gerrymandering · felony · Jim Crow
Relegates to insignificance
- alienatesCauses emotional withdrawal
- silencesStops from speaking
- oppressesGoverns through harsh control
- discriminatesTreats unfairly by category
excludes · powerless · disadvantaged · minorities · indigenous · immigrants · refugees · underrepresented
Owners of company stock
- stakeholdersThose with investment in outcome
- voting rightsEntitlement to elect officials
- proxyAuthorized substitute
- boardFlat rigid panel
minority · dilutes · mergers · acquisitions · governance · equity · ownership · hostile
Notable daring actions
- dispossessesDeprives of property
- impoverishesReduces to poverty
- excludesDeliberately leaves out
- unbankedWithout bank accounts
redlining · barriers · opportunity · mobility · wealth gap · underemployment · wages · labor
suppresses
Actively prevents expression
- excludesDeliberately leaves out
- barsRods, taverns, or measures
- registrationFormal recording of participation
ballots · polls · suffrage · electoral · citizenship · voter ID · gerrymandering · felony · Jim Crow · literacy tests
marginalizes
Relegates to insignificance
- alienatesCauses emotional withdrawal
- silencesStops from speaking
- oppressesGoverns through harsh control
discriminates · excludes · powerless · disadvantaged · minorities · indigenous · immigrants · refugees · underrepresented · overlooked
shareholders
Owners of company stock
- stakeholdersThose with investment in outcome
- voting rightsEntitlement to elect officials
- proxyAuthorized substitute
board · minority · dilutes · mergers · acquisitions · governance · equity · ownership · hostile · takeover
exploits
Notable daring actions
- dispossessesDeprives of property
- impoverishesReduces to poverty
- excludesDeliberately leaves out
unbanked · redlining · barriers · opportunity · mobility · wealth gap · underemployment · wages · labor · workers
- disenfranchised groupsPopulations denied civic participation
- voter disenfranchisementRemoving citizens' electoral participation rights
- disenfranchised voterOne blocked from polls
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