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Corporations Can Vote in Some Delaware Elections, Judge Says (news.bloomberglaw.com)

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[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago

I mean that's unlikely as this is a very very narrow ruling. Municipal elections are some of the most deregulated type of elections. I mean one town elected a dog and in some towns children have been able to legally run.

There's a large lack of federal and state law regulating city elections, or at least when compared to state and federal elections.

Of course they could still change it, but it should take more than a court case. If courts care to follow established law, which is shaky the days I'll give you that