Questions about voting for Bigfoot

You can write it. Whether anyone counts it is another story, so here’s the honest version.

• Most states only count write-ins for people who signed up to be write-in candidates. That usually means filing paperwork before a deadline. Bigfoot hasn’t filed anything. He’s left footprints, and those don’t count as paperwork.
• A few states don’t allow write-in votes for president at all.
• Where write-ins do count, names that aren’t registered usually get lumped into “other” or tossed. He’d probably be fine with “other.”
• He might not be eligible anyway. A president has to be a natural-born citizen, at least 35, and have lived here for 14 years. The last two are easy. We’ve been asked not to talk about the birth certificate.

That’s why the pledge count on this site is the real scoreboard. It’s the one place a vote for Bigfoot definitely gets counted. Please still vote in the actual election, though. There’s plenty on your ballot where your vote matters, and you can check your registration at vote.gov.

No. It’s a parody of campaigns, and a protest vote against the same two choices we get every time: the slogans, the speeches, the fundraising emails that never stop. We’re not connected to any candidate, party, or campaign committee, and Bigfoot has not filed with the FEC.

Neither, and he’d like that on the record. He’s watched both parties from the treeline for decades and hasn’t seen one thing that made him want to come out. This is for anyone who has looked at a ballot and thought they’d rather vote for a large, hairy guy who lives in the woods.

Your real ballot is yours. Vote for whoever you want. A pledge here is something else: a way to say how you feel about the choices you’re being handed. Both parties can explain away a low turnout. It’s harder to explain away a lot of people publicly picking Bigfoot instead.

Honestly? We’re tired of being told the other half of the country is evil. Bigfoot is a joke, but the point behind him is real: less yelling, more kindness, more listening. Here’s the longer version.

It adds you to the count on our state map. It isn’t a real vote or a voter registration. Think of it as a show of hands.

He’d say that’s the point. Other candidates pay photographers a lot of money. He hasn’t spent a dime, and nobody has a good picture. If you want to try, play Photo Op. It won’t go well.

Yes, from just outside the stage lights. It’s in the platform.

No. We take berries, and not by mail. We will never send you a fundraising email, or a text that starts with “Friend, it’s me.”

Soon. We’re making yard signs, a “Honk If You’ve Seen Him” bumper sticker, and a t-shirt with his blurriest portrait. Tick “Notify me when merch drops” on the pledge form and we’ll email you once, when it’s ready.

Go outside and leave the camera at home. Then pledge your vote and send this site to the most skeptical person you know.

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