enfranchise

/ɛnfɹˈɑːnt‍ʃa‍ɪz/

/ɪnˈfɹænˌtʃaɪz/

to enfranchise

MAIN VERB

grant voting rights

grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude

Examples

1. It did not, however, enfranchise all American women.

2. He reorganized judicial procedures, he enfranchised large numbers of non-citizens.

3. If every state mattered, it would enfranchise the smaller states, not disenfranchise them.

4. If you enfranchise felons here, that now affects the national popular vote.