Jason M. Hanania
Requirements of a technodemocratic candidate
Speaking as an attorney, campaign donations have become a legalized form of bribery and political parties function as white-collar gangs. They create conflicts of interest. Politicians will never abolish campaign donations or poltical parties because they benefit from both. It's the public that suffers. Technodemocratic candidates:
(1) Do not accept campaign donations.
(2) Have no political party affiliation.
(3) Leverage voting blockchain (cryptovoting) and other democratic technologies.
Cryptovoting provides politicians with Documented Evidence of Majority Interests (DEMI). DEMI provides technodemocratic politicians with real-time evidence of the will of the people - their constituents. Using DEMI, technodemocratic politicians can make dynamic decisions in congress, rather than rely on personal political ideology. At a high level, technodemocracy eliminates the 3 most common conflicts of interest for modern politicians:
(1) Campaign donor interests conflicting with majority interests.
(2) Political party interests conflicting with majority interests.
(3) Personal interests conflicting with majority interests.
Technodemocracy nonviolently phases out campaign donors and political party systems - without the help of any politicians. It reengineers our government to be more dynamic. If you are interested in running for office as a technodemocratic candidate, please contact candidates@4powers.com.
What taxpayers don't know about Voter Guides...
The official Voter Guide, issued by each state, is paid for by you, the taxpayers, and mailed to every registered voter. Every candidate, and their Candidate Statement, should be included for purposes of educating voters. But this is not the case. California, for example, charges candidates $25 per word - and a minimum of one word is required.
In 2016, U.S. Senate candidates in California paid over $6,000 for a full paragraph Candidate Statement. This was in addition to a $3,480 Filing Fee. By purchasing an entire paragraph, candidates who were not accepting campaign donations were likely unable to stay under the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) cap of $5,000 in campaign expenditures.
Exceeding the FEC cap of $5,000 requires formation of a Political Campaign Committee, appointment of a Treasurer, and substantial financial paperwork. This politician-created process creates an advantage for candidates who accept campaign donations. Their $6,000 full-paragraph Candidate Statements actually make a statement. If a Candidate Statement only contains a few words, the candidate appears lazy and unprepared, at best.
My 2016 Candidate Statement was "01100101." In computer programming, the binary code "01100101" translates to the letter "e", as in equality through voting blockchain and cryptovoting. This optimally met the State's one-word minimum and was cost effective. My total campaign expenditures for 2016 were well under the FEC cap of $5,000.
The Voter Guide is critical to election process because it educates voters about their voting options. As long as the Voter Guide is taxpayer funded, every candidate should be listed, including a full paragraph Candidate Statement. States should not discriminate based on wealth.