Mail from and about candidates is par for the course during election season. But when is it too much?
The picture attached to this question — which we pose to you, the reader — was taken after compiling just one week of mail to a single mailbox.
Among that pile, The New York State Republican Committee sent one bashing U.S. Rep. Tim Bishop, D-Southampton. The New York State Democratic Committee went after challenger Randy Altschuler, a St. James Republican, including one for his opposition to a woman's right to choose and two alleging his company's outsourcing of jobs. Then the Republican Committee fired back with mailings that said Bishop's attacks about sending jobs oversees isn't true.
Prosperity First Inc., which is not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee, has sent out several mailings attacking Bishop's record and endorsing challenger Randy Altschuler. The group even PhotoShopped House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to look like she is playing chess.
Altschuler's committee, Altschuler for Congress, has also sent out several mailings, as has Senator Ken LaValle, R-Port Jefferson.
How much do you receive? Do you read it? Or does it go straight in the trash? Do the messages sway your vote at all? Remind you to vote in November? Tell us in the comments below.
