# Incorporated towns with no population

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incorporated-towns-with-no-population/832301>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 9, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incorporated-towns-with-no-population/832301 "2019-04-09T21:38:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incorporated-towns-with-no-population/832301/21 "2019-05-20T02:26:15Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> I also read of a case a few years ago of an election in the US with only one legitimate voter (in some sort of subdivision of a city). It was basically a business district, and thought to have no residents. The law was that in such a subdivision, there were certain questions that could be voted on by all of the residents of the subdivision, or by all of the property owners if there were no residents. The businessmen who owned the properties wanted something about a local sales tax, and thought they’d be able to vote it in with no problem, except that it turned out that there was actually a single resident there, who therefore got to decide for herself.

> [@dtilque](#):
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> I heard about the same thing, Chronos, but can’t remember much more. Pretty sure it was in California, though.

How quickly they forget. I rely on the SDMB for all my weird electoral news: [Gerrymander Fail](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb///showthread.php?t=766471)

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