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Municipal elections were held in Brazil on October 5 and October 26, 2008. [1] Over 130 million voters chose mayors and city councillors for the 5,565 municipalities of Brazil. [2]
Brazilian law allowed candidates to run under ballot names different from their legal names. At least six candidates chose the ballot name " Barack Obama" [3] and some entrepreneurs used ballot names that make reference to their business. [4]