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I represent 78,000 people, and when I came to the well that day, I was not standing for myself, i was standing for those young people … many of whom can’t even vote yet, many of whom are disenfranchised. But all of whom are terrified by the continued trend of mass shooting plaguing our state and plaguing this nation. – Justin Jones	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There is a direct correlation between the state’s sweeping anti-voter law, S.B. 202, and Cobb County’s failure to get over a thousand registered voters their absentee ballots, the anti-voter law put tremendous pressure on elections officials to accomplish a number of responsibilities under a very tight deadline, and in Cobb County, that pressure has resulted in a huge error and hundreds of voters at risk of being disenfranchised. – Rahul Garabadu	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
To some extent they feel disenfranchised, because, you know, they pleaded and pleaded with people to please wear masks, get vaccinated, and that message just has not resonated as effectively as we wished. – Donald Lloyd	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The pandemic, like community gun violence, concentrates among the poorest and most disenfranchised people, so those communities are doubly impacted, not only by Covid-19, but by gun violence. – Thomas Abt	Found on CNN 2 years ago
She would be the governor of Georgia today had the governor of Georgia not disenfranchised 1.4 million Georgia voters before the election, that's what happened to Stacey Abrams. They took the votes away. – Terry McAuliffe	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
But in the interim, the council has disenfranchised the residents of the 10th District. today marks day one of due process for Mark Ridley-Thomas. – Michael Proctor	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Dismissing these convictions means the possibility of a better future to thousands of disenfranchised people who are receiving this long-needed relief, it clears the path for them to find jobs, housing and other services that previously were denied to them because of unjust cannabis laws. – George Gascón	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We can’t change the past, but he was not sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, to justify denying it based on the gravity of the crime and the fact that it disenfranchised millions of Americans is ignoring the rehabilitation that has occurred and that rehabilitation is a more relevant indicator of whether or not a person is still a risk to society. – Angela Berry	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Every line on this register that we have has a story, a story of family separation, of pain from the Korean War, these people feel disenfranchised and they feel very hopeless. – Michael Roh	Found on CNN 2 years ago
If I ever allow what happened in Florida to occur again, I’ll be thrown out as chairman of this party, i mean, there’s no question that people were disenfranchised. – Terry McAuliffe	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We know multiple stressors during the pandemic – isolation, sickness, grief, job loss, food instability, and loss of routines – have devastated many Americans and presented the unprecedented behavioral health challenges across the nation, addressing the COVID-19 mental and behavioral health impacts on vulnerable and disenfranchised populations are among the top priorities of the Biden-Harris Administration. Establishing a new Behavioral Health Coordinating Council will assure the right prioritization and guidelines are in place to provide pathways to prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery services. – Rachel Levine	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
People on parole live and work in our cities and towns, and by automatically restoring their right to vote, New York is finally welcoming them as full participants in society. That's a crucial change, one that will ameliorate one of the vestiges of Jim Crow, due to the racial disparities in New York's criminal justice system, nearly three-quarters of those disenfranchised by the ban on voting for people on parole were Black or Latino. – Sean Morales-Doyle	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Arguing that Washingtonians must remain disenfranchised to protect the interests of the federal government is dangerous, outdated and downright insulting. – Muriel Bowser	Found on CNN 3 years ago
With turnout and absentee ballot numbers expected to double or even triple in November, we could be looking at tens of thousands of Michigan citizens disenfranchised if the legislature again fails to act. – Jocelyn Benson	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The purpose of election administrators is to make sure there aren't so many accidents that people become disenfranchised. – Erica Long	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I have been completely disenfranchised in this election, i followed all the rules. This is ridiculous. – Jill Swenson	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The absentee ballot fraud that occurred in the 9th Congressional District effectively disenfranchised voters in that district, north Carolina voters should be confident that state officials will continue to be vigilant and pursue any individuals or organizations that attempt to undermine our elections. Democracy is best served by holding those who attempt to thwart North Carolina accountable. – Lisa Britt	Found on CNN 4 years ago
It's a beautiful nod to Elizabethan couture, at the fitting, we spoke about making a pattern on the train that was in the shape of a uterus, but not obvious, of course. And I thought it was awesome because women's rights are under attack right now. I'm an advocate for all who are disenfranchised. None of us are free until we're all free ! I really want to make sure that I'm showing up for all of the disenfranchised people I can so that we can find power in our unity. This government is trying to take away the woman's right to choose and that's unacceptable. – Billy Porter	Found on CNN 4 years ago
What this has really highlighted is that there are probably a bunch of people in Florida who have been disenfranchised in past elections and didn't even know it, but now that this election is so close, and people are making sure that every eligible vote is being counted, it's being highlighted. – Abe Rakov	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It is not reasonable for peoples' votes to be taken away from them and for them to be disenfranchised based on the speed with which the US Postal Service can deliver these ballots, there is no reason why a Floridian in Ottawa ought to have their ballot counted when a retired veteran in Pensacola who mailed the ballot on the same day and it didn't get here in time shouldn't. – Marc Elias	Found on CNN 5 years ago
We have sought a statewide remedy because we believe that all voters -- whether they voted for Sen. Senator Nelson or for Republican Gov. Rick Scott -- should not be disenfranchised because an election worker doesn't believe that their signature in two different places are closely resembling. – Marc Elias	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The main concern I have, no matter what the number of votes, most certainly is that I don’t want to see anybody disenfranchised. We need to make certain we do everything we can to get it straight as soon as possible. – Terry Rogers	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
If we shift our immigration system to one that benefits solely those of higher merit, of greater education, the Iraqi Christian community is one group that would be heavily impacted, we are people that have been largely disenfranchised by the Iraqi government, not afforded opportunities and education that others were granted. Under Trump’s policies, we would remain subjected to cruel conditions. – Mark Arabo	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
What makes a good recruit is somebody who is already disenfranchised, someone who is anti-establishment, who holds some kind of resentment. – Adam Deen	Found on FOX News 7 years ago

I represent 78,000 people, and when I came to the well that day, I was not standing for myself, i was standing for those young people … many of whom can’t even vote yet, many of whom are disenfranchised. But all of whom are terrified by the continued trend of mass shooting plaguing our state and plaguing this nation.

– Justin Jones

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There is a direct correlation between the state’s sweeping anti-voter law, S.B. 202, and Cobb County’s failure to get over a thousand registered voters their absentee ballots, the anti-voter law put tremendous pressure on elections officials to accomplish a number of responsibilities under a very tight deadline, and in Cobb County, that pressure has resulted in a huge error and hundreds of voters at risk of being disenfranchised.

– Rahul Garabadu

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

To some extent they feel disenfranchised, because, you know, they pleaded and pleaded with people to please wear masks, get vaccinated, and that message just has not resonated as effectively as we wished.

– Donald Lloyd

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The pandemic, like community gun violence, concentrates among the poorest and most disenfranchised people, so those communities are doubly impacted, not only by Covid-19, but by gun violence.

– Thomas Abt

Found on CNN
2 years ago

She would be the governor of Georgia today had the governor of Georgia not disenfranchised 1.4 million Georgia voters before the election, that's what happened to Stacey Abrams. They took the votes away.

– Terry McAuliffe

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

But in the interim, the council has disenfranchised the residents of the 10th District. today marks day one of due process for Mark Ridley-Thomas.

– Michael Proctor

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Dismissing these convictions means the possibility of a better future to thousands of disenfranchised people who are receiving this long-needed relief, it clears the path for them to find jobs, housing and other services that previously were denied to them because of unjust cannabis laws.

– George Gascón

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We can’t change the past, but he was not sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, to justify denying it based on the gravity of the crime and the fact that it disenfranchised millions of Americans is ignoring the rehabilitation that has occurred and that rehabilitation is a more relevant indicator of whether or not a person is still a risk to society.

– Angela Berry

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Every line on this register that we have has a story, a story of family separation, of pain from the Korean War, these people feel disenfranchised and they feel very hopeless.

– Michael Roh

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If I ever allow what happened in Florida to occur again, I’ll be thrown out as chairman of this party, i mean, there’s no question that people were disenfranchised.

– Terry McAuliffe

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We know multiple stressors during the pandemic – isolation, sickness, grief, job loss, food instability, and loss of routines – have devastated many Americans and presented the unprecedented behavioral health challenges across the nation, addressing the COVID-19 mental and behavioral health impacts on vulnerable and disenfranchised populations are among the top priorities of the Biden-Harris Administration. Establishing a new Behavioral Health Coordinating Council will assure the right prioritization and guidelines are in place to provide pathways to prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery services.

– Rachel Levine

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

People on parole live and work in our cities and towns, and by automatically restoring their right to vote, New York is finally welcoming them as full participants in society. That's a crucial change, one that will ameliorate one of the vestiges of Jim Crow, due to the racial disparities in New York's criminal justice system, nearly three-quarters of those disenfranchised by the ban on voting for people on parole were Black or Latino.

– Sean Morales-Doyle

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Arguing that Washingtonians must remain disenfranchised to protect the interests of the federal government is dangerous, outdated and downright insulting.

– Muriel Bowser

Found on CNN
3 years ago

With turnout and absentee ballot numbers expected to double or even triple in November, we could be looking at tens of thousands of Michigan citizens disenfranchised if the legislature again fails to act.

– Jocelyn Benson

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The purpose of election administrators is to make sure there aren't so many accidents that people become disenfranchised.

– Erica Long

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I have been completely disenfranchised in this election, i followed all the rules. This is ridiculous.

– Jill Swenson

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The absentee ballot fraud that occurred in the 9th Congressional District effectively disenfranchised voters in that district, north Carolina voters should be confident that state officials will continue to be vigilant and pursue any individuals or organizations that attempt to undermine our elections. Democracy is best served by holding those who attempt to thwart North Carolina accountable.

– Lisa Britt

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It's a beautiful nod to Elizabethan couture, at the fitting, we spoke about making a pattern on the train that was in the shape of a uterus, but not obvious, of course. And I thought it was awesome because women's rights are under attack right now. I'm an advocate for all who are disenfranchised. None of us are free until we're all free ! I really want to make sure that I'm showing up for all of the disenfranchised people I can so that we can find power in our unity. This government is trying to take away the woman's right to choose and that's unacceptable.

– Billy Porter

Found on CNN
4 years ago

What this has really highlighted is that there are probably a bunch of people in Florida who have been disenfranchised in past elections and didn't even know it, but now that this election is so close, and people are making sure that every eligible vote is being counted, it's being highlighted.

– Abe Rakov

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It is not reasonable for peoples' votes to be taken away from them and for them to be disenfranchised based on the speed with which the US Postal Service can deliver these ballots, there is no reason why a Floridian in Ottawa ought to have their ballot counted when a retired veteran in Pensacola who mailed the ballot on the same day and it didn't get here in time shouldn't.

– Marc Elias

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We have sought a statewide remedy because we believe that all voters -- whether they voted for Sen. Senator Nelson or for Republican Gov. Rick Scott -- should not be disenfranchised because an election worker doesn't believe that their signature in two different places are closely resembling.

– Marc Elias

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The main concern I have, no matter what the number of votes, most certainly is that I don’t want to see anybody disenfranchised. We need to make certain we do everything we can to get it straight as soon as possible.

– Terry Rogers

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

If we shift our immigration system to one that benefits solely those of higher merit, of greater education, the Iraqi Christian community is one group that would be heavily impacted, we are people that have been largely disenfranchised by the Iraqi government, not afforded opportunities and education that others were granted. Under Trump’s policies, we would remain subjected to cruel conditions.

– Mark Arabo

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

What makes a good recruit is somebody who is already disenfranchised, someone who is anti-establishment, who holds some kind of resentment.

– Adam Deen

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

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