Sentence examples for restricted voting from inspiring English sources

But their shares had restricted voting rights, which prevented them from having a veto at some shareholders' meetings.

Between the 1830s and 1900, most states restricted voting to white men, but activists encouraged women, children and minorities to help excite the furious campaigns that preceded each vote.

A28 Alabama Tax Plan in Danger A tax increase proposed by the Republican governor, Bob Riley, left, was supported by Alabama's black Democrats, but his veto of the Black Caucus's bill to ease restricted voting rights on felons has left the caucus threatening to abandon the tax plan in retaliation.

In addition, ePals issued to Nexify warrants to acquire an additional 307,000 restricted voting common shares, at the same price.

The rules restricted voting to members of the convention that the awards would be given at, while still allowing anyone to nominate works; nominations were restricted to members of the convention or the previous year's convention in 1963.

Many vestiges of racial discrimination remain in the United States and, in fact, it has gotten worse -- from the under-resourced and increasingly segregated schools attended by many children of color, to the 17 states that have restricted voting rights since President Obama's election.

A handful automatically restrict voting rights for all prison-leavers.

Whereas the United States allows all overseas citizens to vote, other countries, like Malaysia, restrict voting to certain overseas citizens, often only diplomats and military personnel.

The way to make real progress, and to avoid being constantly on the defensive against efforts to restrict voting access, would be to pass a constitutional amendment guaranteeing a universal right to vote.

Rachel Maddow interviewed RFK, Jr. about Republican attempts to restrict voting.

The third phase may involve restricting voting to just four spots, unless the trend is reversed.