1. having no right to vote in elections
2. having no voice or influence in decision-making

Examples

• Many citizens remained voteless until the civil rights movement.
• The voteless population included women and minorities for decades.
• Prisoners are often voteless during their incarceration.
• The voteless residents had no say in local government decisions.
• Young people under 18 are voteless in most elections.
• The colony’s voteless status frustrated its inhabitants.
• She felt voteless and ignored by the political system.