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- verb Present participle of
enfranchise .
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Examples
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To use the results of the two unsanctioned contests as if they reflected real elections is not a legitimate means of "enfranchising" the two states -- scarcely better than arbitrarily assigning them random election results would be.
Hillary Supporter Lanny Davis Suggests Proposals For Florida And Michigan 2009
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Huh? I would go through an explaination why "enfranchising" michigan and florida would completely screw every state that followed the rules and overturned the will of all the people that complied with party rules; however, I am sure that it would fall on deaf monkey ears.
Hillary Camp Again Invokes Florida Recount Debacle; Obama Camp Says They're Not Encouraging Protests 2009
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As well, Mr. Abbott said, the concept of "enfranchising" a status Indian creates a legal quagmire.
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Protesting the government's failure to pass a constitutional amendment enfranchising women, NWP members, led by Alice Paul, began picketing the White House.
Archive 2009-08-01 Alyssa Gardina 2009
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The nineteenth amendment to the Constitution enfranchising women became part of the Constitution on August 26, 1920.
Archive 2009-08-01 Alyssa Gardina 2009
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By enfranchising free blacks, the South accused Northern states of violating the 1857 Dred Scott decision that allowed slavery in new territories.
Clarence Lusane: Reject the Confederacy, Celebrate Reconstruction Clarence Lusane 2011
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By enfranchising free blacks, the South accused Northern states of violating the 1857 Dred Scott decision that allowed slavery in new territories.
Clarence Lusane: Reject the Confederacy, Celebrate Reconstruction Clarence Lusane 2011
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The nineteenth amendment to the Constitution enfranchising women became part of the Constitution on August 26, 1920.
Jailed for Freedom Alyssa Gardina 2009
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The shortcoming of this answer is that the elites could simply enact the redistributive reforms directly, without enfranchising the poor.
Shimer on Acemoglu, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Protesting the government's failure to pass a constitutional amendment enfranchising women, NWP members, led by Alice Paul, began picketing the White House.
Jailed for Freedom Alyssa Gardina 2009
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