In 1999, a small group of citizen activists wrote a model Corporation Code for the state of New Jersey that reins in illegitimate corporate privileges. Their choice of states was not a coincidence, as New Jersey was known as the traitor state at the turn of the century for overturning more than a century of legal tradition regarding the defining of and citizen control over corporations by state legislatures. The draft document may be useful to anyone wishing to organize to amend their state s corporate codes. Though it is a statement, not an enfoceable law, it represents a first in official opposition to corporate personhood. Whereas, Citizens of the City of Point Arena hope to nurture and expand democracy in our community and our nation.
Democracy means governance by the people.
Only natural persons should be able to participate in the democratic process. Interference in the democratic process by corporations frequently usurps the rights of citizens to govern. Corporations are artificial entities separate and apart from natural persons. Corporations are not naturally endowed with consciousness or the rights of natural persons. Corporations are creations of law and are only permitted to do what is authorized under law.