Arithmetic of the John Manimas Campaign

Therefore we have had minority rule for 120 years, at least since 1900, protected by the Two-Party System from serious political competition. If we considered our election history as a kind of scientific experiment, the results or conclusions are clear: the Two-Party System does not provide majority rule and does not uphold the Constitutional guarantee of a "republican form of government." Article 4, Section 4 says that all of the states are "guaranteed a republican form of government." And "res publica" means rule by the people, self-government, majority rule. This means the federal government has the power to make laws for elections so long as a reasonable person can see that the purpose of any such laws is to promote or protect the integrity of the election process and the goal of majority rule, or the more general goal of self-government – "res publica."

If non-voters voted as a group:

The non-voting block could elect a candidate who is neither a Republican nor a Democrat, because 48 states award all of their electoral votes to whichever candidate wins the "plurality" of the vote count, which means more than any other candidate. There could be four options in the 2020 election:

1) Republicans for the Confederacy; (25-35%)

2) Democrats for the Federation; (35-25%)

3) Third Party candidates . . . . (1-5%)

4) Write-in protest votes for John Manimas meaning against the two-party system and for election reforms. (36-40%)

Two states award their electoral votes proportionally: Maine (4) and Nebraska (5). Even if this write-in protest vote project is unofficial, it can still send a strong message to the government that the people have lost their patience with the denial of majority rule.

This kind of write-in protest vote can occur on one of three levels:

A) Unofficial: Not necessary to create a Real Democracy Party chapter in every state or appoint presidential electors in every state (or some states). Just get the word out and the strength of the protest "Revolution by Vote" will depend on how many non-voters register and write-in "John Manimas" for the office of President, and Henry Jackson for the office of Vice President (where ballot shows Vice President separately). This unofficial level of action requires the least work, but does not enable John Manimas to be awarded electoral votes, and therefore John Manimas and the Real Democracy Party would have no political force to compel the Democrats and the Republicans to pass the election reforms desired.

B) Partially official: To raise the project to a higher level in order to obtain political force necessary to obtain electoral votes, officers will have to be appointed and organized as state chapters of the Real Democracy Party in some states. The number of states could be low, say three, or higher of course, up to 25 or 30 states. The state party chapter in each state would need to appoint presidential electors pledged to vote for John Manimas, and they would need to do the communications and paperwork necessary to register John Manimas with the state election commission as an official write-in candidate for the office of President.

C) Official and complete: Similar to partly official but much more work to be done in order to have John Manimas registered as an official write-in candidate and have the pledged presidential electors for the Real Democracy Party in all 50 states.

Note that the First Amendment states the people have a right to "peaceably assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances." What better way to petition for a redress of grievances, peaceably, than by voting.

Which level of a "Revolution by Vote" is implemented depends, of course, on the motivation of the 40% of eligible voters who do not usually vote. And, do we have a way to inspire and motivate them? Do we even know how to reach and appeal to the non-voters?