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Overhillflash t1_itgojae wrote

If I’m not mistaken, no one is supposed to place signs on public property. That’s why there are usually no consequences when they are removed. It’s only when you remove them from private property without authorization that issues truly arise.

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bjorn2bwild t1_itgzjl5 wrote

No public property is fair game, just not private property (obviously). You also have to remove the signs within I think 2 weeks of election or else the candidate incurs a fine for each sign

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PurpleSailor t1_ith4hq2 wrote

Actually they've got a day or two to remove them. Unfortunately nothing's done about those that leave them forever.

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IronSeagull t1_itinzlc wrote

We had Shitarelli signs on the Somerville circle and outside the Bridgewater Commons for a couple of months after the last election. I don’t think anyone is getting fined.

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NotTobyFromHR t1_itheskg wrote

How do you report these? Does it matter what level of election? BOE? Township? State?

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SursumCorda-NJ t1_ithcsrv wrote

> no one is supposed to place signs on public property.

That is incorrect. You can place signs on the public right-of-way. It's how groups like Westboro Baptist get away with their crazy antics, protesting in the right of way is protected free speech but once you venture onto private property you can be pinged for trespass, same with the signs.

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RafeDangerous t1_itkoexw wrote

These weren't on public property, they were on the property of the carwash that you see in the surveillance video. Troast claims that it's a misunderstanding and that the carwash said he could take them down, but tbh that makes absolutely no sense because why would he be involved at all? If the carwash didn't want them there, they could take them down themselves. He did it because he thought he could get away with it and then got caught by surprise when they called him out on it.

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