December is the best time to guess who will be running in the coming election.
Some candidate do early and not so blatant forms of campaigning (or else, they will be charged of early electioneering) by:

giving out 2007 calendars with a bold name and a perfectly photoshopped picture in it

Saying “Merry Christmas” to all the [...]

Some bad stories about certain candidates may start to proliferate by now. This is an effort to discourage voters to cast their votes on a certain candidate. Stories about a candidate’s homosexuality, corrupt practices, involvement with drugs and gambling syndicates will start to emerge.
Advice for voters

Smear campaigns do destroy a [...]

The title of this post is just an idea and an implying suggestion: Telecom firms should give subscribers the option to receive political text campaigns or not.
Receiving unwanted campaign texts during the May election is irksome for some people. (Who wants to hear a beeping cellphone only to see a text message from a senator-wannabe [...]