Politics & Government

PHOTOS: Campaign Season Has Started in East Haddam

The party candidates have been chosen and election signs are beginning to pop up everywhere.

Election season has started for the 2011 election year. Political campaigns to win your vote are under way. This organized effort is done through paid advertising on television, in newspapers, on radio, through the mail and, now, even through social media in an effort to pursuade you, the voter, to choose the "perfect" candidate for the job.

A popular form of advertising out here in the Haddams include signs. Signs, signs everywhere are signs- on cars, at major intersections, on front lawns, tacked to posting boards and even hiding in your mailbox. But, are signs an effective way to really get to know the candidates? Or, are they a good starting point to become aware of who is running this year?

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