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There are often obstacles to animals being nominated as candidates — electoral regulations may explicitly require candidates to be human (or equivalent wording), or may require candidates to do things which animals cannot reasonably do (such as sign their name legibly on a legal form). On some occasions, however, animals have been accepted as candidates, and have even won office, although this usually happens only in small towns where the result is not considered important. EXAMPLES
Today, the term "Voto Cacareco" (Cacareco vote) is commonly used to describe protest votes in Brazil. In 2002, the eccentric candidate Eneas Carneiro , known for shouting and cursing adversaries on TV, was elected for the Chamber Of Deputies Of Brazil with the largest number of votes in history. {Link without Title} The people, tired and disgruntled of the "serious" candidates, gave him 1.5 million "cacareco votes".
Several animals in the US have been elected mayors of small towns such as Rabbit Hash , KY whose mayor is a black lab named Junior Cochran, and Lajitas, TX, whose mayor is a beer-drinking goat named Clay Henry III.
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