Finding political flyers on my doorknob and on my roadside sign post this week (yes, someone put flyers between the “B” and the “U” on my BURNHAM engraving) means the election madness is heating up. For the past few weeks, we have thrown away these political flyers which are stuffed in our post office box.

I am not sure these flyers convince many people to vote for a particular candidate. Most of them don’t contain a lot of information, but the ones I like contain information where you can contact the candidate directly. Not that they take the time to return your call or answer your email, but at least they provided that information on the flyer.

I am sure that the pandemic has put a crimp in many politicians’ door-to-door campaigning. I got visited at home by a couple of politicians in 2018 and it was informative and enjoyable to actually talk with them, rather than read about their accomplishments or misdeeds over and over in the press. Politicians need to reach out to the people, find out about their concerns, and work hard to fix what’s wrong. That seems to me the best way to be, and stay, elected.

The last month of campaigning will continue and it will dominate our lives – roadside signs, ads and articles in this newspaper and ads and stories on TV, public appearances, debates, etc. Whether or not you have decided on which candidates to vote for, please decide before Nov. 3 and vote – either absentee or at the polls on Nov. 3 – as it will make you feel good after you’ve been inundated with the process for months on end. And it is important in this tumultuous time.