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[–] TheColonel@reddthat.com 17 points 17 hours ago (5 children)
[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

Oh no. It's not even new. WTF, Delaware?

Nonresident voting in local elections has been permitted ​in Fenwick Island since it was incorporated in 1953, according to the court ruling. In 2008, Delaware's General Assembly amended ‌the charter ⁠to allow non-resident voting by artificial entities, including corporations, partnerships, trusts and limited liability companies, which must be chartered in Delaware.

Several other towns in Delaware allow companies and other legal entities to vote in local elections if they own property in the municipality.

So not only is the state of DE a tax haven, and cravenly pro-corporate at that, but this would allow all those companies chartered there (with nothing more than a rented closet and PO Box) to continue to vote for the status quo. If the good people of that state wanted to vote these assholes out and/or make corporate voting illegal, it's possible that they no longer can.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago

Can we just wipe Delaware off the map and replace it with Puerto Rico?

[–] stickly@lemmy.world 26 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Holy shit that is insane

Judge rules Fenwick Island's corporate voting does not dilute human votes

So I can buy a building and sell closet space to other companies (which I also own) for infinite voting power. This is absurd.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 8 points 14 hours ago

Yeah, it seems like a very simple argument that since every individual owner of a corporation gets a vote, that the owners as a group should not get an additional vote.

I mean, the courts are no longer about what's logical or fair, obviously, but still.

[–] TheColonel@reddthat.com 10 points 15 hours ago

What’s preventing a megacorp from buying a bunch of small shell companies and voting in their own best interest?

I am curious how the voting actually works, though.

[–] ClownStatue@piefed.social 14 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

"However, plaintiff has not demonstrated ⁠that this ​policy violates the principle of one person/entity/one vote."

Never in my life have I ever seen it written this way.

I also like the note about there being “far more corporations” in DE than residents. So I guess this is just a case of it not having been demonstrated yet. I wonder how much it costs to license a company in DE. I wonder how hard it would be for the Internet to absolutely make these morons eat their words. 2 elections? 3?

[–] TwitchingCheese@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

$110 to file an LLC, plus $300/yr fee.

  • Delaware has a turnout around 500k voters.
  • Assume say 25% are absolute morons who will swallow any propaganda you put out.
  • $41 million + recurring $112 million buys you enough corporate votes to win every vote in the state.
  • Welcome to Shadowrun without all the fun parts.
[–] ClownStatue@piefed.social 3 points 4 hours ago

This is the next thing for the r/wallstreetbets folks should do! Put all that GME $$$ to good use!

[–] Bristlecone@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I like that except they will definitely find a way to undercut that right quick just like they did with the GameStop stuff, illegally I might add

[–] ClownStatue@piefed.social 1 points 4 hours ago

It’s funny I was looking through my notifications and saw this one after replying to the other guy with my GME comment.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

So, the ruling requires you to own land.

So someone should buy a few acres and sell 1x1 foot lots for a boat load of money.