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PaApprazer t1_iyhphip wrote

He should come grab his signs still polluting the roadways

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lank81 t1_iyhxsgv wrote

I hate when people don't take down their signs. Obviously the actual representative isn't the issue, but the volunteers/cheerleaders who put them up need to dispose of the signs post election. Maybe if we had a law which said "Past xx days the representative will be fined 1$ per sign per day". If you want to keep your sign in your yard, that's fine, but on roadsides, intersections, and other public areas you should be held to some accountability.

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throwaway4206983 t1_iyiiq0q wrote

But you don't think some people would plant even more signs to screw the other candidate?

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MrRiski t1_iyk5frd wrote

Yeah that would just turn into the opposing party stealing all signs the day of the election and then putting them up and reporting them the next day

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jmdunkle t1_iyhyx7c wrote

I'd like to take this a step further. The losing candidate in any given race is required on the hook for their signs AND the winner's signs. Then slap your fine structure on top of that. Makes the races even higher stakes and ensures cleanup

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the_real_xuth t1_iyimcoq wrote

Do we do that with all of the losing candidates? What happens when only one person is on the ballot? What about the write-ins? Can I screw a losing candidate that I loathe by moving a bunch of signs onto public property?

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Fearless-Metal5727 t1_iyi1bot wrote

Representative Rossi's Trump house enters the chat

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Griswa t1_iyjgh1y wrote

With absolutely zero knowledge in politics. Hey my house is decorated like trump. Boom, win.

There was a guy running for county commissioner a couple years ago, that believes in aliens, and at the polling station was wearing Trump shoes and a jacket. He almost won. Not because of anything he believed in, but because he was a diehard Trump person. Outside of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia Pennsylvania really is Kentucky

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lank81 t1_iyktxgm wrote

I’ve seen quite a few billboards in SWPA for Trump over the last 8 years.

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Sharkfowl t1_iyk28rs wrote

That would almost certainly result in a 1st amendment related lawsuit.

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Knurlurzhad t1_iykun4k wrote

there are fucking Bognet signs in Wayne County still up from 2018.

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IFitsWhenISits t1_iyigqm6 wrote

It shouldn’t be allowed period. Unless the signs are related to a current ongoing election there shouldn’t be any signs allowed anywhere on personal property or public unless that’s your vehicle with your pity party bumper sticker.

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polgara_buttercup t1_iyhsjaj wrote

I hate the one sitting beside 81 just past the Chambersburg mall.

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asforus t1_iyhy223 wrote

Run it over with your car

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flaaaacid t1_iyivhhf wrote

I keep thinking about that but I know one of those wires will go straight through my radiator.

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minnick27 t1_iyigy8t wrote

At what point is it legal for me to do it? Election day was 3 weeks ago, can I start taking down the signs from public property?

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Jef_Wheaton t1_iyj38fr wrote

They're supposed to be removed within 5 days of Election Day. After that, some municipalities consider them "abandoned property".

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flaaaacid t1_iyhw19a wrote

My god they're everywhere in Luzerne still

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IWantAStorm t1_iyidyvv wrote

Let's be real here there are still god damn Trump signs around.

The ones I hate the most are the homemade ones. There's one in Kingston/Luzerne made out of wood that I want to light on fire.

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flaaaacid t1_iyiemb0 wrote

So many. I have to drive past a house all the time with a BIDEN IS NOT MY PRESIDENT and about 6 other Trump signs. Get help, dude.

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IWantAStorm t1_iyifrvz wrote

I had to go to Wyoming County for the only frigging available spot for a specific medical thing and went by a house that had a "fuck biden" 3x4 ft sign in one of those glass encased, stone things you'd see in front of a church with times and events on it in their yard.

I don't see how or why anyone would want a sign saying fuck in their front yard.

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flaaaacid t1_iyigjt7 wrote

It's interesting, I have never despised someone as much as Trump, and I think he did more damage to this country than nearly anyone in history. And yet! You know how much real estate I devoted to announcing that in my yard? None. Because I am not a crazy person.

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IWantAStorm t1_iyit0oy wrote

"Because I am not a crazy person." Made me burst out laughing.

Not because I think you're crazy, it just caught me off guard.

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ItsjustJim621 t1_iyjcw2y wrote

It’s like that in Bucks country too…including flying the American flag upside down, and an all black American flag

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EmoGothPunk t1_iyk3pm4 wrote

This sounds like the entire Lebanon/Berks County line. One house two blocks from me has a sign that says "TRUMP 2021" on it.

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Alternative-Flan2869 t1_iyiwtge wrote

What’s up with Luzerne - hearing a lot of kookoo stuff happening there.

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EmoGothPunk t1_iyk4bdx wrote

The few times I've driven through that county, I've seen some new batshit thing up there, same with Perry County.

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flaaaacid t1_iyiwzn8 wrote

Yeah I dunno. My house isn't there but it's right on the line so I drive in a lot.

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IFitsWhenISits t1_iyifrgo wrote

There seriously needs to be a federal or state law that states that all signs related to a recent relection must come down within a month of said election or face fines that are imposed weekly.

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the_real_xuth t1_iyimoik wrote

We shouldn't have our elections take multiple years to run. In other places there are strict time limits on when campaigning can start and this on the level of weeks before an election rather than years.

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Logan_Holmes t1_iyizi9a wrote

Why should you not be allowed to start campaigning until a few weeks before the election?

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the_real_xuth t1_iyjlc50 wrote

One of the biggest things is that it distracts from governing. In the US, a very large percentage of a legislators efforts are spent on campaigning for the next election. This is especially the case for representatives who are elected every two years, where for many, there is no time when it's not campaign season. It is also hugely expensive thus giving unfair advantage to candidates who either have more money or have wealthier supporters.

I firmly believe that having more restricted campaign times combined with having saner finance rules (many of which we used to have) as well as the media fairness laws that we used to have (until they were gotten rid of in the Reagan era but this also ties into the finance rules since having billion dollar media corporations shilling for you is unquestionably helping to finance your campaign) would go a very long way to making our elections more fair and our governance far better. But when you take the path of anyone can campaign for anyone else at any time, saying anything they want, we get what we have today.

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Galactus54 t1_iyk6440 wrote

I absolutely agree - but since those greedy media grifters would see losses in the billions, they'd fight like hell against it. considering they have the loudest bull horns - and the candidates don't get the keep the money and would have to do so much begging we would hope they would also say yes to restricting campaign time. Make Labor Day the kickoff. Maybe July 4 for President because all states and territories are involved. But senate, house, govs and local races do not need more than 8 weeks to get their message out, do they? Put it on a ballot initiative. Extended media madness and the sloshing of corporate and billionaire bribes does nothing for progress. End this BS.

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raven4747 t1_iyiza8c wrote

have a fee that all candidates pay into that would pay for a township/municipality crew to take a day cleaning them up

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JJGeneral1 t1_iyk5uaq wrote

I thought there was a law that all signs had to be removed within 3 days after the election?

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