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In 2015, Canadian politician Sheldon Bergson changed his name to Above Znoneofthe, so that it would appear on electoral ballots as “Znoneofthe, Above.” (The Z, which is silent, ensures that the name will appear last in a list of candidates.) He ran in an Ontario provincial by-election the following year, winning 0.43 percent of the vote, and has participated in several races since. Amazingly, he’s not the first person to try this. (Thanks, Alessia.)