Committee hears amendment to bar corporations, LLCs and trusts from voting
Sen. Hoffner presented HB430, a proposed constitutional amendment clarifying that only natural persons may vote in Delaware elections; witnesses including Fenwick Island's mayor described local charters that currently allow votes by artificial entities and urged clarity from the state.
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Senator Hoffner told the committee that House Bill 430 would place into Delaware’s constitution the principle that “only natural persons may vote” in elections at all levels, responding to municipal situations where charters or court decisions had permitted corporations, LLCs, trusts or other artificial entities to cast votes in town elections.
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