Dissatisfied Mexican Voters Support Animal Candidates in Election
Angela Kocherga - KVUE News
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June 27, 2013
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CIUDAD JUAREZ - As Election Day nears in Mexico, some unusual alternative candidates are winning public support.

Some voters in the border city Juarez are backing a burro for mayor.  In other cities a cat, dog and chicken are running for mayor.

“Maybe the animals will do something to help,” said Edgar Fortuna Salas, a young father in Ciudad Juarez who carried his three month son in his arms as he walked with his wife in front of the city’s Cathedral.

Five Candidates are running for mayor of Ciudad Juarez including two women.

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