单词 | voter suppression efforts |
释义 | > as lemmasvoter suppression efforts voter suppression n. actions or measures intended to prevent people, esp. those belonging to certain demographic groups, from voting in elections; frequently as a modifier, as in voter suppression efforts, voter suppression tactics, etc. ΚΠ 1981 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 27 July 8/6 Voter Suppression Tactics Failed in Iran... Leftist opponents of Iran's Islamic regime failed to prevent a huge voter turnout for the presidential election... Bani-Sadr..had called in a clandestine broadcast..to convince Iranians to boycott the elections. 1993 Washington Post 13 Nov. a2/4 The Democratic National Committee..sued..the Whitman campaign.., charging that the alleged voter suppression violated the Voting Rights Act... Whitman has..denied..spending large sums..to persuade African American ministers..not to engage in get-out-the-vote activities. 2020 CNN.com (Nexis) 1 Nov. There is a ‘Rising American Electorate’, a new majority of young people, people of color and unmarried women. Perhaps because they're progressive, some of them have been targeted for voter suppression efforts. < as lemmas |
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