A goat drew protest votesSourced
A goat for city council?
Voters unofficially chose him.
Ioiô, a well-known goat in Fortaleza, Brazil, became the subject of a protest vote in a 1922 city council election. He was unofficially 'elected', not seated as an actual councillor. The animal later became a museum exhibit.
No council seat,
but a place in local memory.
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Reviewed: 2026-10-01