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Delaware Judge Dismisses ACLU Challenge to Corporate Voting

6/5/2026

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A Delaware Superior Court judge dismissed the ACLU of Delaware’s lawsuit to bar corporate, trust and LLC voting in Fenwick Island’s 2024 town-council election.
A 2008 charter amendment permits any Delaware-registered property-owning entity to vote, resulting in 214 such entities—12% of voters—supplying roughly one-quarter of the ballots cast as of October.
The ACLU argued that non-human voters dilute natural persons’ votes and violate the state constitution.

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A Delaware Superior Court judge dismissed the ACLU of Delaware’s lawsuit to bar corporate, trust and LLC voting in Fenwick Island’s 2024 town-council election.
A 2008 charter amendment permits any Delaware-registered property-owning entity to vote, resulting in 214 such entities—12% of voters—supplying roughly one-quarter of the ballots cast as of October.
The ACLU argued that non-human voters dilute natural persons’ votes and violate the state constitution.