Do Owners of Multiple Properties Get to Vote Multiple Times?

State law says that each “qualified voter” gets one vote.  (71-800 RSMo) Apparently, the City is taking the position that this means an owner of multiple properties only gets one vote.  The interpretation is quite unreasonable, given that an owner of multiple properties would have to pay the tax in multiples.  Another inconsistency here is that someone who owns multiple properties with separate LLCs (or other entities) would get one vote per LLC, whereas a property owner who owns multiple properties inside of one LLC would only get one vote.  Further, it would appear, based on the language, that if a property were owned jointly by two individuals, each would get a vote, while a property owned by a single individual would get one vote.  Similarly, because “residents” in the District (i.e., renters) also get to vote, one rental property with 10 tenants would get at least 11 votes (10 tenants + at least one owner), while a single-owner-occupied home would only get one vote.  All of this adds up to a very convoluted set of circumstances that works to the detriment of the property owners who have to pay the tax and/or disproportionately affects different property owners according to how the property is owned.