Candidate suing to add ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ to his name on ballot

The Hill ^ | 4/20/2022 | Caroline Vakil

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A Colorado Republican state lawmaker and House candidate filed a lawsuit this week to have the phrase “Let’s Go Brandon” included as part of his name on a Republican primary ballot.

State Rep. Dave Williams (R) filed a lawsuit on Monday against Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D), alleging that Griswold would not include his name with the phrase included on the ballot, despite him submitting his name as Dave “Let’s Go Brandon” Williams. The lawsuit said Williams has been using “Let’s Go Brandon” as a nickname since December.

The court filing claims that Griswold’s justification for excluding the phrase from Williams’s name was that it was a slogan and not a nickname.

The lawsuit claimed that the rejection of the submitted name for that reason was not justified by Colorado law. It also argued it was inconsistent with Griswold’s past decisions, pointing to 2021 school board candidate Blake Law, who it said was allowed to have “No Mandates” included in his name on the ballot as a nickname.(snip)

“It represents a disgust out-of-control government,” Williams told The Hill, adding, “it means we’re not going to take it anymore.”

Williams said that if he was elected to Congress, he would continue to use the nickname amongst his colleagues.

[lee martell]

He’s wasting his time digging into this little bureaucratic power struggle. There should be bigger fish waiting to be fried at his campaign headquarter.

[DannyTN]

Reminds me of the Louisiana guy L.D. Knox who legally changed his names to “None of the Above”.

But the Secretary of State wouldn’t allow it on the ballot.

Then I heard he tried to change the name back and the judge wouldn’t let him.