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Delaware court upholds voting by companies in small town's election (www.reuters.com)

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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."

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[–] Major_Tsiom@fedia.io 8 points 5 hours ago

That guy is a state superior court judge! Can you imagine a high official fucking something up so badly? The individuals in these corporations have their say, unless they don’t live there. If they don’t live there, the local government does NOT represent them. They should therefore have no say in it. This should not have been left for a single person to decide. It should have been put to public vote if it should have been considered at all. Personally, I don’t think that it should.