Texas army veteran legally changes his name to Literally Anybody Else as he launches long-shot presidential bid for voters who are fed up with Biden and Trump
An Army veteran and teacher in Texas has changed his name to fuel a long-shot presidential bid that he hopes will illustrate the country’s dissatisfaction with the two major parties’ candidates on the November ballot.
The 35-year-old man formerly known as Dustin Ebey legally changed his name to “Literally Anybody Else,” the name under which he ran for president.
“This isn’t about me, ‘literally anyone else’, mainly because it’s an idea. We can do better (than Joe Biden or Donald Trump) among the 300 million people who want to be president,” he told a local. ABC affiliate.
He said he is “not delusional” that collecting the tens of thousands of signatures needed to appear on the ballots will be “virtually impossible.”
Literally Anybody Else, born Dustin Ebey, has launched a long shot for president, saying he wants to recognize that many Americans will choose between the lesser of two evils in November and that they deserve a better option.
In Texas alone, an independent candidate must submit a petition with 113,151 valid signatures from registered voters who did not participate in the primaries of either major party to be included on the ballot.
“This will be very difficult to do, but it is not impossible. My hope is that Donald Trump, Joe Biden and then literally someone else is underneath it,” he said.
‘I really want there to be an outlet for people like me, who are fed up with this constant power grab between two parties, which does not benefit the common man.
“People vote for the lesser of two evils, and not for someone they actually believe in or support,” he said.
‘People should have the opportunity to vote for someone who looks like them and represents them, and not for the lesser of two evils. I reject that.’
‘Else’ has asked Texas residents to register his new name. In Texas, write-in candidates – unlike independent candidates – are required to register with the state, but have no signature requirement.
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“We don’t really have a ‘neither’ option on the ballot, and this fills that role,” said the Louisiana-raised veteran, who served in the Army from 2012 to 2018 after running out of money to pay for college halfway through. pay. his education at LSU.
The incredibly long bid comes in the context of the upcoming general election featuring two candidates that a majority of Americans wish would not appear on the ballot.
Else, a 7th grade math teacher by day, has a website And GoFundMewhere potential supporters can read more about his platform and plans.
In an AP-NORC poll in December, 56 percent of American adults — regardless of party affiliation — said they would be “very” or “somewhat” dissatisfied with incumbent Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential candidate.
“I really want there to be an outlet for people like me, who are so fed up with this constant power grab between two parties that provides no benefit to the ordinary person,” said ‘Else’
Fifty-eight percent of American adults said the same about Trump representing the Republican Party on the ballot this fall.
A NewsNation poll from early this year found that nearly 60 percent of registered voters are not enthusiastic about a rematch of the 2020 election.
Earlier this month, an ABC/Ipsos poll found who they would trust to lead the country as president — the choices were Joe Biden, who got 33 percent of the vote, Donald Trump, who got 36 percent, and neither , the answer that 30 percent of the votes percent of respondents selected.