Fact-checkers debunked viral claims that a Delaware court ruling granted corporations voting rights in elections. The actual scope of the decision concerned corporate governance matters and did not extend to ballot participation by business entities.
Delaware hosts incorporation for a large share of American companies, making its Chancery Court rulings closely watched in business law. Social media posts distorted a technical corporate law decision into a sweeping political claim about electoral voting.
Only natural persons and eligible citizens vote in U.S. elections under federal and state law. Fact-checkers clarified that the contested ruling addressed separate legal questions unrelated to election ballots.
Misinformation about corporate voting rights has circulated in various forms for years, often following complex court opinions that lay readers misinterpret. Fact-checking organizations published explainers mapping the ruling’s actual holdings.
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