Delaware Judge Rules Corporations Can Vote in Some Local Elections, Rejecting ACLU Challenge
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Mike Leonard
4d ago· 2 min readenNews
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Summary
A Delaware judge ruled that corporations, partnerships, trusts, and other "artificial entities" have the right to vote in certain local elections, rejecting an ACLU challenge to a charter in Fenwick Island that allows property-owning entities to vote. The ruling cites "the principle of one person/entity/one vote" and could affect several other Delaware municipalities with similar provisions.
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the principle of one person/entity/one vote
Corporations, partnerships, trusts, limited liability companies, and other “artificial entities” have the right to vote in Delaware elections under some circumstances, a judge said in a novel ruling Tuesday.
