Bill to allow corporations to vote in Seaford stalls in legislature

SEAFORD, Del. – The town of Seaford seeks to become the latest town in Delaware to allow corporations to vote in elections in the same capacity as citizens within the area.

The measure was passed on a one-vote margin in the town’s charter but the amendment must be passed by two-thirds of the state legislature and then signed by the governor before going into effect.

Delaware lawmaker Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker introduced a bill in the latest session to ban the practice outright in the first state, but with both bills still in their respective committees, its unlikely either will advance ahead of the June 30th deadline for the end of the session.

Rep. Dorsey Walker tells 47ABC that despite the measure already being on the books in multiple towns, she believes the practice is wrong.

“It’s one person, one vote, and when we start opening up the door for corporations to vote, it makes it a little unfair, we’re grateful for the corporations coming to Delaware incorporating here, we love the business, but we’re not going to put the people behind the businesses,” she said adding that “just because it has always been done that way does not make it right.”