Election Day in Jefferson County is off to a rough start.

Sheriff’s deputies have had to break up fights and deal with sign holders impeding traffic, among other issues.

“And it’s still really early, too,” sheriff’s spokeswoman Jacki Kelley said.

There are so many people waving signs for candidates and issues at the corner of West 32nd Avenue and Youngfield Street that people are falling into the road and impeding traffic, Kelley said.

Deputies had to break up a scuffle between brothers-in-law brawling over candidates Tuesday morning, she said.

In Ken Caryl Valley, signs endorsing GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney have been vandalized with spray paint, Kelley said.

She also said that rogue campaigners have been placing candidate signs near polling places in Jefferson County, and in some lawns without homeowners’ permission.

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