Posted on 05/31/2026 5:03:07 PM PDT by Red Badger
Delaware Superior Court Judge Craig Karsnitz has ruled that companies in Delaware will be able to vote in elections just like people.
This is especially wacky for Delaware.
As per the US Census Bureau, the estimated human population of Delaware is just over 1 million.
But there are over 2 million corporations headquartered in the state, which means there are far more companies in Delaware than there are people.
According to Bloomberg Law, the ruling came up because the town of Fenwick Island was already letting corporations vote in its municipal elections (they own most of the property, after all).
The ACLU thought letting companies vote as if they were human beings might drown out the real people who actually live in the city of Fenwick Island, so they sued.
Karsnitz dismissed the lawsuit from Delaware's Superior Court, citing ‘the principle of one person/entity/one vote.'
‘Visions of faceless large corporations or even HAL controlling a small town are frightening and the stuff of science fiction,' but ‘trusts, partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations are expressly recognized as "persons" in the Delaware Code,' the judge said.
So, if corporations are expressly recognized as persons and can vote just like citizens, at least on Fenwick Island, can they also be summoned for jury duty or get called up for the draft?
Can foreign companies be denaturalized?
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No worries, the SAVE act will make them show ID so .... wait, the GOP blocked that? Oh well. Lesser of two evils, right?
Just let AI count the votes that count.
Well this sounds fishy, but maybe they can vote out that Trump and Elon hating judge at the Delaware Court of Chancery. She bascially ruined the whole business friendly laws that the state worked so hard to establish. But then again, this is what you get when you vote democrap.
This is insane. Especially since Corporations can’t go to prison.
Companies are not citizens.
Although I’m not for this, letting corporations vote on tax rates should reduce taxes.
Corporate taxes, anyway.
Never underestimate the ability of judges to violate fundamental civil rights. They are the products of American Bar Association law schools that grade students for creative writing ability, not knowledge of law.
Million to one. This is a hard leftist judge who is just trying to make some stupid point. It will be quickly overturned.
Folks, this is FROM A SATIRE SITE.
Not The Bee is Babylon Bee’s sister real news site.............
Actually, as long as a property tax is the sole funding for a locality, I think only property owners should vote in that locality’s elections. Otherwise it could certainly be possible that “residents” might outnumber property owners and essentially dictate how much revenue they are going to extract for themselves from the property owners.
This is insane. But I question that there are 2 million corporations headquartered in Delaware. How can you do that without a sizeable human footprint? If you can, that too is insane.
China will rent out one office suit and create a billion companies using that address.
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