T-shirts sold on Deez Nuts presidential website. Image via elect-deez-nuts.com
T-shirts sold on Deez Nuts presidential website. Image via elect-deez-nuts.com

A year after Rolling Stone noted the ascendance of “Deez Nuts” in presidential polling, the Federal Election Commission is cracking down.

FEC statement on fake presidential candidates (PDF).
FEC statement on fake presidential candidates (PDF).
So a 16-year-old boy from Wallingford, Iowa, won’t be embarrassing real candidates via the website elect-deez-nuts.com.

As Politico reported Friday:

“It would appear that the [FEC] wants to discourage the political future of the likes of any more ‘Deez Nuts,’ ‘Butt Stuff,’ ‘Master Alexander Soy Sauce and Taters Gordh First’ or feline candidate ‘Limberbutt McCubbins.’

“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,” the agency announced Thursday.

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