[1] A person deemed to be a lishenets by Soviet authorities was subsequently stripped of their right to vote or to be elected by the enfranchised.
The 1924 Soviet Constitution and subsequent decrees detailed this list further and added new categories, and being disenfranchised meant much more than simply being disallowed to vote or be elected.
A lishenets could not occupy any governmental position, could not receive higher and technical education, could not be a member of kolkhozes and other kinds of cooperatives, and was deprived of various privileges and subsidies for employment, housing, retirement, etc.
The voting rights of a lishenets could be restored by local election commissions upon the proof of engagement in productive labor and of loyalty to the Soviets.
The 1936 Soviet Constitution instituted universal suffrage, and the category of lishenets was officially eliminated.