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23 hours ago, sphinxsix said:

Boris Vishnevsky, a senior member of the liberal Yabloko party, is competing two other ..Boris Vishnevskys in soon-to-be elections in St Petersburg. No, this hasn't been taken from Monty Python.

I hope you'll enjoy the article as much as I did B|

 

Three near-identical Boris Vishnevskys on St Petersburg election ballot

 

Many years ago, running candidates with the same name as the official party candidate was a common practice in the province of Quebec. The practice was eliminated by including the party affiliation beside the candidate's name on the ballot. 🙂

"Relax, it's only hi-fi. There's never been a hi-fi emergency." - Roy Hall

"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." - William Bruce Cameron

 

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