Sentence examples for are not disenfranchised from inspiring English sources

The landless are not disenfranchised.

Third, the electoral commission must act quickly to ensure that millions of voters are not disenfranchised.

My primary objective is simple, to ensure that the voters of Florida are not disenfranchised.

Together with other Michigan Democrats, we are working to make sure our state's voters are not disenfranchised by unfair enforcement of the rules.

Specifically, she said, the state needs to standardize its patchwork of voting systems so that citizens in counties that use punchcard systems are not disenfranchised.

Following is an excerpt from a news conference yesterday by the president of the Florida Senate, John McKay, as recorded by The New York Times: Earlier this afternoon, Speaker Feeney and I signed a proclamation calling for a special session to ensure that Florida's voters are not disenfranchised from the 2000 presidential election.

In a statewide election, if you put off the decision you are not disenfranchising the voters or potentially disenfranchising the voters as you may be in this case because of the federal deadline of having the electors selected.

Blacks were not disenfranchised back then, he said.

Shirley N. King, the county supervisor of elections for 20 years, said that in reverting to the original count, she just wanted to ensure that 218 people were not disenfranchised.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 created federal protections for citizens, particularly African Americans, so that they were not disenfranchised by state and local officials who set up barriers -- like poll taxes and literacy tests -- to the ballot box.

Well, one of the problems the judges had with the suit was that Mr. DiMaio hadn't actually voted yet, so technically he wasn't disenfranchised.