Sentence examples for were thus disenfranchised from inspiring English sources

A majority of free adult males were thus disenfranchised.

One recent day, Mrs. Miller raised her hand to say that in her father's church, in the 1930's, women were barred from voting at congregational meetings, even if they were widowed and thus disenfranchised.

The fact is, countless Americans were disenfranchised last year".

The right to nominate is also likely to be restricted to shareholders that have had large stakes in the firm (say, 3-5%) for a long time (over a year)—thus disenfranchising the dreaded corporate raider.

It is put to Laws that it undermines the principle that a government should stay in power only while it commands the support of the Commons, and thus disenfranchises the electorate.

"It's almost like being disenfranchised all over again".

The result is that many Pashtuns were disenfranchised.

Blacks were not disenfranchised back then, he said.

Roman Catholics and those implicated in the Irish rebellion were permanently disenfranchised.

Black and Hispanic voters were disproportionately disenfranchised.

Of the 70 English boroughs that Tudor monarchs enfranchised, 31 were later disenfranchised.