The Federal Election Commission is raising new questions about several candidates for president, including “God.”
In letter sent to candidates the elections police believes are bogus, the FEC has demanded that committees that have filed to run for office be “true, correct and complete.”
And that includes “God for President.” The candidate claims to live in Staten Island, N.Y.
Other letters went to H. Majesty Satan Lord of Underworld Prince of Darkness!, Captain Crunch, Rocky Balboa.
The Center for Public Integrity’s Carrie Levine reported the letters today and said they went to some 250 candidates.
She said the FEC didn’t indicate what sparked the issuance of the letters, but suggested that a campaign by “Deez Nuts” that made headlines by surging in the polls prompted the new focus.
“Or maybe they were tipped off by the Everdeen 2016 Committee (Effie Trinket, treasurer), which put forth Katniss Everdeen for president with the address ‘101 E Avenue of Tributes The Capitol, CO.’ Any fan of The Hunger Games know Katniss Everdeen hails not from the Capitol, but from District 12,” wrote Levine.
The FEC last week said it wants to get rid of fictitious candidates. It even said fines could be imposed on the imposters.
“The Commission has authorized staff to send verification letters to filers listing fictional characters, obscene language, sexual references, celebrities (where there is no indication that the named celebrity submitted the filing), animals, or similarly implausible entries as the name or contact information of the candidate or committee,” said the FEC.
The letters, said the FEC, will “notify the filer of the potential penalties for false filings with a federal agency.”
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected]
