“Literally anyone else.”
Not the easiest name to have, but on a ballot, it would carry some weight.
A 35-year-old American from Texas announced that he had legally changed his name to “Literally Anybody Else” ahead of the presidential election due to take place in November, reports this Monday March 25 The Guardian.
In civilian life, the man previously known as Dustin Ebey is a mathematics teacher, after a career in the army.
He teaches elementary school students in suburban Dallas and justified his decision by saying he was unhappy with this year's presidential candidates, Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
“It’s a rallying cry”
His goal, now that he has received his driver's license in the name of "Literally anyone else", is to run for president: "It's not necessarily about me personally, but about the "
Literally anyone else's
idea
," he told local site WFAA88.
He must collect a little more than 113,000 signatures from voters who did not vote in the Democratic and Republican primaries by May in order for his candidacy to be validated.
“The neither
option
doesn’t exist on the ballot, so it kind of has to fulfill that role,” he continued.
Although it is unlikely that he will succeed in gathering the necessary signatures, he wants voters who share his point of view to put his name on their ballot, to “send a message to Washington”.
The candidate's website states: "
Literally anyone else
is not a person, it's a rallying cry," the 30-year-old insists on his website, specially created for the campaign.
He claims to be “fed up” with an American system stuck between two parties.
“For too long, Americans have been victims of their political parties, which prioritize loyalty over governance,” he lamented.