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- v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enfranchise.
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But the right of recall enfranchises voters in a manner consistent with Justice Kennedy's concurrence and the views of a majority of the Court.
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Concrete answers are notably absent at the Wall Street rallies, so let me suggest this starting point: we must support an omnibus democracy agenda that both reduces the role of money in elections and politics, and enfranchises and protects voters so that our democracy enjoys full participation.
Josh Silver: Wall Street Protests: A Right-Left Movement Must Emerge
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Joseph Wright did not take an active part in the debates, but he was part of a group that subscribed to a memorandum opposing the draft constitution on the grounds that it “enfranchises a class of inhabitants totally incapable of self-government” and “will deliver over to stolid and brutish ignorance the political control of the State,” and “encourages the social equality of the white and black races.”
What Obama’s Grandma Thought Of His “Throw Grandma Under The Bus” Speech
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The elistist also re-enfranchises 2 states Obama was demanded not to campaign in by the DNC, and discounts (as if she wants to disenfranchise states that followed the rules) all of the caucus states.
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What will be our courses of action in case the dems do pass an amnesty bill that enfranchises million of illegals?
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The only way out of this morass is through a negotiated settlement that enfranchises and includes the Pashtun and their fighting arm, Taliban.
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So why are they saying that Pelosi's remark ignores, in a sense dis-enfranchises, those who have yet to vote when it's the letter-writers who've effectively done just that?
In Letter, Top Clinton Donors Chastise Pelosi For Statements About Super-Delegates
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Any system that enfranchises people like that seems dangerous to me.
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Achieving such balance in turn builds a stronger and more robust developmental experience that enfranchises the disadvantaged and strengthens the capacity of social, cultural and economic institutions to sustain developmental and material gains.
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And it re-enfranchises males by reminding men that they have a stake in this, too: that although ultimately the decision to abort or not to abort resides with the mother, women usually make these decisions together with their husbands or boyfriends, and that a woman or couple, not the government, should make these kinds of intensely personal decisions.
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