What's in a name?
In the recent Brazilian elections, 6 candidates registered themselves as "Barack Obama" (they all lost). One candidate ran as "Chico Bin Laden" (and lost). Over 200 candidates registered their names as some riff on outgoing president Lula's name. There is much more here and here.
My favorite name of all and one person that I'd consider breaking my lifelong "no voting" policy to vote for?
Kung Fu Fatty! (not making this up)
Labels: ballot access, democracy, no such thing as bad publicity?

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