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VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 hours ago

Corporations Can Vote in Some Delaware Elections, Judge Says

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Corporations Can Vote in Some Delaware Elections, Judge Says

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VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 hours ago
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Corporations Can Vote in Some Delaware Elections, Judge Says (1)
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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.
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    Well, that’s one way for States to make a pittance from rich people.

    Every rich person will now open 99 bs companies to vote 100 times.

    • minorkeys@sh.itjust.works
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      Just as God intended.

  • Steve@startrek.website
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    Each employee can represent 3/5 of a vote!

  • ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
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    Okay, they have the right to vote, but HOW do they vote? If my mom wants to vote, I can’t go vote in her place as a proxy, so a person couldn’t vote in proxy for a corp. Does a company have to be 18 years old to vote? In Delaware you need a state ID or a social security number to vote. Can they get those? So many nonsensical leaps in logic have to be made to make this possible.

    • quick_snail@feddit.nl
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      Corporations get special treatment, like kids with AIDS at waterparks.

      They skip the line. No ID required.

    • rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      In the US, people are second class citizens to corporations

  • BetaBlake@lemmy.world
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    Can a corporation have an ID? Can a corporation have a social Security number? If a corporation dies can I burn it in a crematory to make ashes or bury it in the ground?

    This is such horseshit

  • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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    Sweet so if I have a bunch of Delaware corporations I can vote a bunch of times.

  • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
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    It’s possible that he’s actually interpreting the law correctly. It’s just that the laws on this crap in Delaware are clearly batshit insane.

    • halcyoncmdr@piefed.social
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      There’s a reason Delaware is picked by so many companies to incorporate.

  • beowulf_50@lemmy.world
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    We are so fucked

    • Rhoeri@lemmy.world
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      Yep. But if it makes you feel any better, there was never a time when you weren’t.

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    We are one Super PAC dark money donation away from the Bill of Rights becoming the Bill of Privileges.

    • lectricleopard@lemmy.world
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      It already is. And was. Not everyone gets the benefit of them, particularly if you dont have a white dick.

      • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
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        I’m white, but my dick is significantly darker for some reason I never understood… just in case this is meant as synecdoche and not specific case law.

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    This is treason

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    So then if you form a do nothing LLC, do you get an extra vote?

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      • Buelldozer@lemmy.today
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        LLCs are pass-through entities and not corporations. Thankfully no pass-throughs have been granted personhood yet.

        Limited Liability Companies are expressly discussed in the article and the court filing.

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    I wonder how much of this is blowback from Hawaii kicking their asses.

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    Wonderful … in addition to bribing lobbying politicians they can now vote for them.

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    A “novel” ruling… Yeah that’s one way to put it…

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