Sentence:  These plans , like du Pont 's contained provisions for passing the <WSD>vote</WSD> on du Pont 's General Motors shares on to the ultimate stockholders of du Pont , Christiana , and Delaware , except that officers and directors of the three companies , their spouses , and other people living in their households , as well as other specified persons , were to be totally disenfranchised . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment