cowboyro
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| [RANT] Campaign signs
Maybe someone can shed some light on this subject. As I was going to work this morning I noticed a couple of campaign signs at the corner of my property. At this moment I have no idea whom they are for, I don't care either. Is it legal to place them on my property without my consent? They are within 6ft to the road though... |
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Harddrive
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Norwich, CT
| i believe that it is 'against the law' for someone to place campaign signs on your property. it doesn't matter if its in the right-of-way or not. its still your property. take them down and do whatever you see fit.
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pandora
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I don't believe it is legal to put anything on your lawn. If it were on a telephone pole, or some other right of way, it would be an issue for the appropriate utility. If it's on your lawn, chuck it, call the politicians office ask for it to be removed, or call the police and file a complaint.
Personally, if it were one time, I'd just toss it.
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Glenn
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Wallingford, CT | reply to cowboyro
Paint the signs white.
Paint "I love snow" over white in red.
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MrFixitSC
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Moncks Corner, SC | or paint them white and put "vote for pedro" |
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DrStrange
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If you didn't give anyone permission to post the signs on your property, they have no business being there. Technically, the person who put them there was trespassing.
If you want to go by the book, call the PD and tell them what happened. They'll come over, you can help the officer fill out some paperwork and the PD will call the campaign office for the candidate named on the sign and have them remove the signs.
In practice, I've had this done to me as well. I didn't call anyone. I just removed the signs and stored them in the garage. No one ever knocked on the door or called asking what happened.
Unless there's a local law about defacing campaign signs, I assume you can do anything you want with [or to] the signs since they were put on your property illegally. It might be interesting/amusing to post an addendum to the sign so it reads:
"JOE SMITH FOR COUNCIL
put this sign in my yard without permission!
What will he do to the town if we give him permission?".
If there is a local law about defacing campaign signs, I'm not familiar with the existing case law on that subject. Moreover, I'm not a lawyer. Let your conscience [and possibly your sense of moral outrage and/or humor] be your guide. |
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tipstir
join:2004-11-14
Enfield, CT | reply to cowboyro
I would pull them off my lawn and let me catch anyone putting them on my lawn! Neighbors go crazy with these signs on their lawns I don't want them here. YARD SALE or TAG SALE do not put these on my lawn if I am not doing such a SALE. |
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orion940
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| said by tipstir  :I would pull them off my lawn and let me catch anyone putting them on my lawn! Neighbors go crazy with these signs on their lawns I don't want them here. YARD SALE or TAG SALE do not put these on my lawn if I am not doing such a SALE. Paint them over with "UPS deliver here!"
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tipstir
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| said by orion940 :said by tipstir :I would pull them off my lawn and let me catch anyone putting them on my lawn! Neighbors go crazy with these signs on their lawns I don't want them here. YARD SALE or TAG SALE do not put these on my lawn if I am not doing such a SALE. Paint them over with "UPS deliver here!" O. Funny! But did you know that if you pull a construction sign down you can get a ticket or even go to jail. There was a UTC employee who did such a event. He got tired of seeing the sign in his front lawn and pull it down and destroyed it. But one of his neighbors reported him to the police and he landed in jail and also lost his job at UTC. |
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