Delaware Superior Court Judge Craig Karsnitz said the beach town of Fenwick Island was not diluting human votes by allowing companies and other legal entities that own property to cast votes in municipal elections.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Delaware sued the town, arguing it violated the elections clause of the state constitution. The group sought a court order blocking Fenwick Island from counting votes by “non-human artificial entities” in future elections.
The group said entities make up about 12% of registered voters in the town.
A lawyer for the organization did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The town’s mayor, Natalie Magdeburger, did not immediately respond to a request for comment but told Reuters in March that the city believes “a property owner who pays taxes and is subject to our ordinances should have a say in who represents them on our Town Council.”
So for ~$500, I, a non resident, could create an LLC and have it vote for me?
Or multiple…
It doesn’t even cost that much.
If you live in a red state, it’s time to start opening businesses.
Lots of businesses are incorporated in Delaware, because they don’t require public ownership disclosures. If you want to create a shell corporation or hide your identity behind an LLC, Delaware is where you register. On paper, the state has ~2x more corporations than residents. That’s not even an exaggeration…
The official population estimate for the state is 1,059,952. In contrast, the state has over 2,100,000 registered corporations.
And now all of those faceless shell corporations can vote.