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Joe Biden and Donald Trump will be the top two candidates vying for the office of President of the United States later this year, and if you’d prefer literally anybody else, one man in Texas is hoping to give you that literal option after changing his name.
There are plenty of Americans who would love to see either Joe Biden or Donald Trump return to the Oval Office for a second term, and there are also many others who aren’t thrilled those two men are the only candidates with a realistic shot of getting elected when everything was said and done.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is just one of a few third-party candidates who’ve thrown their hat into the ring even though there’s no genuine chance he’ll end up walking out of it with a victory. He’s obviously hoping to capitalize on the name recognition that comes with being linked to one of America’s most celebrated political dynasties, but he’s not the only person hoping their name will give them an advantage in the election.
According to WFAA, a 35-year-old Army veteran and seventh-grade math teacher at a school outside of Fort Worth decided to legally change his name from Dustin Ebey to “Literally Anybody Else” earlier this year in the hopes of getting his new moniker to appear on the ballot for the 2024 presidential election in Texas.
The self-described centrist (who listed his platform on his official website) is hoping to obtain the 113,151 signatures he needs to get on the ballot before the deadline on May 13, 2024. However, he faces a bit of an uphill battle when you consider anyone who voted in either the Democratic or Republican primary in Texas is ineligible to sign his petition (he may still be able to settle for a write-in campaign).
It appears he’s also attracted the attention of the Federal Election Commission, which recently sent him a letter asserting he “failed to include the true, correct, or complete committee information” when he registered his campaign with the agency (it’s unclear which transgression he may have committed, but he has until April 23rd to get the matter sorted out).
This might have been a weird stunt a decade ago, but thanks to the current state of American politics, this is really just par for the course.