His ideal form of government is minimal enough that voting is superfluous. That you infer nefarious motive speaks not at all to what was actually implied.
What about the vote to set it up in the first place?
What I'm getting at is that the rulers of the new government voted to start it. That's pretty much what I'd expect from any government.
(and no, "the people were the rulers" doesn't count, given how many of the people weren't considered "the people" at the time)