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Definition of disenfranchise : To disfranchise; to deprive of the rights of a citizen.

Synonyms:

by-election, direct elections, disfranchise, electioneering, chad, beauty contest, advance poll, election, campaign, elect

Usage examples:

• 2: Paragraph 11 Sordid as it is - and that was just the, you should pardon the expression, high points of what happened - that story by itself might not prove how the Establishment pulls together to disenfranchise Delawareans, but then it happened again: 2: Paragraph 12 In the spring of 1976 Joseph F. McInerney was unsuccessful in getting the Democrats' nomination for the U. S. Senate, so he started the Delaware Party, and in May it nominated him and other candidates for that November's election. - "Diamond Dust", K. Kay Shearin.
• If, when the test comes, it is found that the votes of these disaffected citizens count for something in our elections, we must find some means to disenfranchise them rather than have our low politicians outbidding each other within the law in order to get these votes. - "Face to Face with Kaiserism", James W. Gerard.