If you think the system is already too skewed toward big money, check this out: multiple towns in Delaware explicitly allow artificial entities—corporations, LLCs, and trusts—to vote in local municipal elections.
Just this month, a court upheld that non-human entities can keep casting ballots as long as they own property there. We aren't talking about local moms and pops here. Because of how corporate law works, an out-of-state billionaire or a faceless real estate conglomerate can set up a web of shell companies, buy up local land, and literally vote on who runs the town council, how local tax dollars are spent, and what the zoning laws look like.Imagine living in a community your entire life, only to have your voice watered down by a piece of paper filed in a corporate registry by someone who has never even set foot in your state. It completely violates the fundamental American principle of "one person, one vote."[
The fact that it’s legal anywhere in this country is a massive wake-up call about how far deep-pocketed outsiders will go to buy political influence.Elections should belong to the people who breathe the air, drink the water, and raise their kids in the community—not the entities built to maximize profit.#DeocracyNotForSale #OnePersonOneVote #LocalPolitics #Delaware #CorporatePower #Vote