voteless

[ voht-lis ]

adjective

1. lacking or without a vote.
2. denied the right to vote, especially in political elections.

Word History and Origins

Origin of voteless¹

First recorded in 1665–75; vote + -less

Example Sentences

“As Dad used to say, ‘A voteless people is a powerless people,’ and one of the most important steps that we can take is that short step to the ballot box.”

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“These people have often been forgotten, many times voiceless and voteless,” he said.

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“The justification for the city losing the franchise, and for maintaining it as a voteless capital of the democracy, was principally about race.”

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The huge populations of voteless citizens are partly a byproduct of harsh sentencing laws and mass incarceration that swept the country in recent decades.

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But up until that time, they’re like a Zombie army of voteless pegs to be moved around on a gerrymandering board.

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