3) Matching federal campaign funds are given for the 2020 election if a third-party gets just 5% of the vote in this election.
If a third-party candidate garners just 5% of the popular vote in the 2016 election, which ain’t much, they will then be eligible for “major party” status from the federal government for the next election cycle.
This is huge boost for helping a third alternatives emerge in the future, and helps to make sure we have more options in 2020. This year, for instance, as the beautiful and talented Liberty Laura explains (video here) it would have meant an additional $9 million dollars going to the Libertarians, which could have radically changed the entire way this current race played. You can also read more about how important the 5% threshold is to changing the system for the future by going to this summary from the Independent Voters Network.
If only more people had courage in 2012, and not bought into the two-party zombie groans, we might be in a better position now. Let’s not make the same mistake this time. If no one ever votes third party, then these two sh*tty choices for President are all we will ever have, but this election you have a chance for your vote to actually mean something. Instead of voting for a candidate that you know sucks, why not lay the ground work for real change to happen in the country going forward? Isn’t that the best thing you can do with your single vote: a far more patriotic thing to do for your country, than go along in lockstep with the two parties that have proven themselves ineffectual and corrupt through the recent decades?
Now just jab that walking corpse in the eye, and get the hell away from them before they tell you what they learned on cable news. You should know better than to try to have a sensible conversation with a Republican or Democrat.
James R Duncan’s novel, Blood Republic, is a fictional thriller about two-party corruption breaking the country into a second civil war of Republicans vs Democrats. It can be found at Amazon, and other major retailers. You can follow Jim on Twitter or Medium.
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