Toto

Works for me. A sensible law.

Arrowman

Thanks Buffman. The link worked all right - it is also too bloody long and is stretching the page! ) Looks very similar to the situation here except
a) We let people put posters up on the roadside (does "state or county road right of way" include all roads?) but
b) We're much tougher on taking them down - I said 24 hours above but I think it's actually 48.

Popular talkback radio sport after an election is for people to dob in candidates, especially major party candidates, who haven't taken down their posters yet.

Some years ago a local Mayor stood for State Parliament; he plastered paper posters to just about every power pole in his district, with flour/water glue (everyone else uses tape, or plastic bands to hold card or plastic posters). Which made them nigh on impossible to remove. Pedestrians were picking at them in an effort to help the cleanup. It was weeks before they were gone. He lost the election, and his name was serious mud in the district.

Buffman

They plaster posters everywhere around here...whether legal or not. About the only place their feet are really held to the fire is within 50 feet of an official polling facility and on public property. The roadsides are littered with ground placards...as are many private residence front yards.

Occasionally we do have someone get on a soapbox about campaign signs not being cleared away "soon" (whatever that is)after the election is over. However, since this was just the primary, and the fact that many of the winners will be running again on Nov. 6, you can bet they will be slow to remove their ads.

The County roads appear to be fair game for just about anything. Though often rather cluttered, the main roads do seem to get cleaned up much faster. Makes sense.

I just wish that some of these campaigns really got financially "dinged" for not complying with the letter of every law/rule ...and that the local media outlets were better watchdogs.---Good for your people that they come down hard on violators, regardless of the previous positions they held or currently hold.

Oresta

City Ordinances here in Detroit are typical; they prohibit any non-official signs posted on city property:campaign posters, religious signs, and commercial advertisements. People do so anyway, of course. Technically, I would not be remiss if I went around pulling up campaign or religious signs that were on city property. I would be merely bringing the space into compliance.