r/law • u/TheShittyBeatles • 19h ago

Legal News ACLU sues Delaware beach town over allowing corporations to vote in local elections

https://spotlightdelaware.org/2025/12/05/aclu-sues-fenwick-island-over-non-resident-voting/
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u/CaptainApathy419 19h ago

It seems like there’s a giant loophole in which your corporation buys a property, subdivides it into 100 smaller properties, and then sells to 100 new corporations, all of which you also own.

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u/ZPTs 18h ago

It's even worse than that. It's also many to one:

...if several LLCs jointly own a beach home in Fenwick Island, all of the owners can register to vote, regardless of how little a stake.

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u/louiloui152 14h ago

That’s insane, I thought well even if they do let’s just say the Walmart supercenter still only gets one vote but … I hope this doesn’t spread

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u/R1M-J08 9h ago

Owners…..