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Man changes name to Literally Anybody Else and announces US presidential run
(www.theguardian.com)
20% chance this man goes viral and actually gets elected
this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2024
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35-year-old is a US army veteran and seventh-grade math teacher
Sounds like he'd be better than Trump by a mile.
Shit, I don't know jack shit about this person but I'd lock in this third candidate if it was ranked choice between the three. Seriously, I believe in humanity enough that Guy, Random is my presidential character select choice.
I don't know, I'm still leaning for Literally Anybody Else but Random Guy has some good points
Dude could die and be better than Trump.
So could Trump
Holy shit. Call the burn ward
going by just this and the fact he isnt backed by billionaire donors, and isnt doing a genocide? this dude is better than both alternatives you have.
Let's bump those numbers up.
Write-in campaign huh. Wonder if some people will accidentally vote for him and whether that would count
That's probably the idea, and yes, any valid vote counts.
literally not how it works. most places require voter intent. meaning only votes people meant to cast count. if a voting official notices that a person named Literally Anybody Else won by a write in, they'd go through all the ballots and make sure the ballots literally say Literally Anybody Else written out validly like a name. those in who they aren't sure of would require another election official to track down the voter and ask for their intent.
source: worked in the ballot counting process of a country. they literally have teams trying to decide shit like if you filled all bubble on scantrons, but circled one of the bubbles, does that count as intent? does it count as intent if they circle all the bubbles but not fill any of the scantrons bubbles? and yes, they count the votes even if they don't follow scantron directions but clearly demonstrate intent. i.e drawing arrows with a thing saying "this one!" next to all the bubbles you want may count as intent.
most places require voter intent. meaning only votes people meant to cast count
Someone wasn't paying attention in 2000..
The Republicans have been trying to trick people into unintentionally voting for Republicans or nobody for several decades now..
most places have intent laws and it's usually up to the county officials and secretary of states to enforce those laws. doesn't mean it gets enforced fully or that parties won't try their best to play things to their advantage on ballots by playing with rules or even ballot designs. however, I think any election official, politics aside, will investigate a person named Literally Anybody Else being elected by write in.
I'm sorry, I'm hung up on you saying election officials would track down the voter to confirm their intent. And you mentioned you volunteered or worked in elections possibly in not-the-US. In the US (or at least in my state) ballots are anonymous. That was why such a fuss was made in 2000 over trying to determine what the voter intended if a ballot had a "hanging chad". They couldn't just track down the person to confirm, and the margins were close enough to call a recount but not for a do-over. It was election purgatory.
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This is why everyone leaves personally identifying information on the ballot and when you vote they take your vote, look over it, and put it in a box assigned to your name.
It takes a few days for all votes to appear on the public vote registry where everyone can see who you voted for, and sometimes the president will call you to thank you for your vote.
Source: I am the president
XD
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track down the voter
Any election where this is even possible is a waste of everyone's time. I don't know what country you worked in, but wherever you were, those were corrupt wastes of time, not elections.
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If you're going to do goofy stuff with your ballot you should know what the laws are so your funny joke nobody sees doesn't spoil your ballot entirely and make none of your votes count.
Jokes on you, I live in Tennessee and the Democrats gave up on my formerly purple county
Following in the footsteps of Absolutely Nobody.
He received almost seven percent of the vote for Lieutenant Governor of Washington in 1992
Nice! 😄
Bro should have been collecting signatures months ago, good luck getting on the ballot.
Biden is a hell of a lot better than a large number of people would be. Not so much Trump, though.
This is dangerously unclear because it could mean you think trump isn't better than a large number of people, or Biden is better than a large number of people, but not better than trump. Lol
I thought it was clear, but to be clearer, there are very few people who would be worse than Trump. Putin, maybe.
Vote 1 Nobody
Nobody knows how to properly run the country.
Nobody is trustworthy and honest.
Nobody will work to fix issues in your local area.
Nobody cares.
I voted for him last time. 🤷
Nobody noticed that.
If he actually wanted to change anything he'd be rallying against 2 senators per state. Instead he did some stupid bullshit that won't change anyone's mind at all.
It won't do anything, but it's funny.
However I do agree that there are way bigger fish to fry in govt right now. My personal beef is about the lack of term limits in congress. Those idiots should not be allowed to work 20+ years in an elected office simply because they are the familiar name.
Term limits need to be balanced. Make it too short and legislators don't develop the expertise needed to do their job. If legislators don't know how to do their job, well-paid and well-connected lobbyists will gladly help legislators.
Set the term length too long and you get entrenched legislators who've been in the job well past their expiration date.
Personally I'd work on ranked-choice voting before term limits.
Vermin Supreme is also (still) in the race.
The Wikipedia page for others like me who wouldn't watch a video.
You should watch the video. Vermin Supreme appearances are a fun watch.
what if we used 100% of our brains?
what if we used 100% of our brains?
We would ascend to a higher state of being, and wouldn't have to worry about voting.
Either that, or we would be able to levitate a voting booth with our mind.
Imagine having to explain this to everyone you meet 10 years from now
I imagine you still introduce yourself with your regular name.
Though anything involving your ID probably results in a joke that gets old for you but is new and interesting to whoever you are talking with.
Vote Ficus.
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