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Article: In the US election, time to party like it's 1773
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- November 1, 2008
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When the Boston Tea Party's presidential candidate Charles Jay went to register to vote in Florida this summer the clerk at the elections office wasn't sure what to do.
"I've never heard of it," she said of his new political group, which joins the Christmas Party and Surfers Party of America among Florida's registered third parties.
Jay was unshaven and going on a few hours sleep, "I had to tell her, 'I'm the presidential candidate,'" he said.
Jay, 47, is on the ballot in Florida, Tennessee and Colorado. It is the first time his party has had a presidential nominee since Libertarians dissatisfied with their party formed it in 2006. And while Barack ...