The parties (or their local branches) list their candidates on their web pages. Those web pages, in turn, usually link to the candidates’ personal websites, which contain more information about their views and political aims.DMC wrote:I am curious about where people get the information upon which they decide who will get their vote. Is it from blogs like this?
See here for a complete list of registered parties and their websites:
Candidates often write about their views in the local or regional newspapers – either appearing as visiting columnists, or by taking advantage of the regular letters-to-the-editor section.
At least in larger places, parties may also arrange tents in the marketplace where people can meet the candidates and discuss with them in person, on designated days.
In addition to that, the website of the municipality may also feature a local discussion forum or a blog server for the candidates. For example, the city of Vaasa, where I’m currently living, has both.
Karhunkoski is correct, though: many times you know “your” candidate (and what he or she represents) at least on some superficial level – and perhaps even on a personal level – if you’ve been living in the place for a longer time and follow the local events and municipal issues to some degree. There will be new faces trying to get in each year, but the bulk of the candidates remain the same from one year to the next, and the old council members will of course often try to get reelected instead of only serving a single term.
a kind of Merikukka) when they were planning to put a refugee centre in an old school, they bought quickly the school away.(let all the foreigners come but please not in my neighberhood, fill in yourself.... 
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