Cows Look Like Maps@lemmy.ca to Ontario@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days agoCambridge candidate says he's lost hundreds of election signs, calls it 'voter suppression'www.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down10 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up125arrow-down1external-linkCambridge candidate says he's lost hundreds of election signs, calls it 'voter suppression'www.cbc.caCows Look Like Maps@lemmy.ca to Ontario@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square7fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaresetVeryLoud(true);@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down2·4 days agoCan we ban electoral signs? Do they even do anything besides pollute the visual landscape for a few weeks? We just need generic, non-partisan ads that just say “Go vote”
minus-squareFireRetardant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoTheir pollution continues to exist for decades to centuries after the election, creating a legacy that their candidates can only dream of.
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-23 days agoNo, you cannot ban my political expression, especially on my own property!
minus-squareprodigalsorcerer@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoWe can however ban them from public property, and also ban parties from producing and distributing signs. If you want to make your own sign, you’re correct that we cannot (and should not) ban that.
minus-squaresetVeryLoud(true);@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoCorrect, this is what I meant, political parties putting out their own advertising.
Can we ban electoral signs? Do they even do anything besides pollute the visual landscape for a few weeks?
We just need generic, non-partisan ads that just say “Go vote”
Their pollution continues to exist for decades to centuries after the election, creating a legacy that their candidates can only dream of.
No, you cannot ban my political expression, especially on my own property!
We can however ban them from public property, and also ban parties from producing and distributing signs.
If you want to make your own sign, you’re correct that we cannot (and should not) ban that.
Correct, this is what I meant, political parties putting out their own advertising.