I voted, but may have cops come after me....

[Serial Mom]

As we went to vote, right at the driveway to turn into our polling place (a church) there were 3 campaign signs: for Mark Green (R) for governor; Senselessbrenner (big R) for Congress and to vote YES for the marriage ammendment!

On the way out, I got out of car, took them and laid them flat on the ground. Of course, some guy had to stop turning into the voting place and ask what I was doing. I told him that campaign signs were illegal at voting places. I am sure he took our license plate number down - but what the hell!

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Hey, you are in the right there.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

2. I Bet Some ASSHOLE Puts Them Back Up

[Serial Mom]

9. I wanted to stay across the street and keep taking them down

if somebody put them back up.

My hubby asked about them inside and they said it was OK because the door to the polling place was 100 ft away (they measured?? - yeah right). But I contend if it is right at the driveway to turn into the place, it is trying to influence voters.

[Atman]

21. Actually, they DO measure.

In CT, it's 75 feet from the door, and they literally measure it out and place a sign at the boundary.

.

[Serial Mom]

22. You're probably right - they probably did measure

but SCREW them!

I have to run an errand later and will drive by - I laid them down and I am sure they are back up again.

Wish I had some DEM signs to put up in front of theirs, but...

[gfnrob]

3. Call the IRS get photos!!!!!!!!!!!

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Call it as well

report it

[uberblonde]

5. You may have been wrong.

They're allowed to put them up a certain number of feet from the polling place.

[tcfrogs]

6. I don't know the Wisconsin laws

But in Illinois you can have campaign signs on the property.

[FogerRox]

8. NJ is 100 ft from thr door.

[tcfrogs]

12. Same here

I don't recommend tearing up or removing signs period.

[woodsprite]

17. Must be that in Delaware too. We always have TONS

of signs at the edge of each polling station, PLUS candidates shaking hands and handing literature out in the driveways.

[Gregorian]

7. I can't read this post without commenting. YOU ROCK!

I totally salute you!

[appleannie1]

10. You will now be considered

a terrorist by our federal government and they will reserve a cell for you in one of the detention centers Halliburton has been paid over 350 million to build. See ya there.

[Serial Mom]

14. Oh-oh

:scared:

[Union Thug]

11. Good for you! n/t

[RufusEarl]

13. You did the right thing,

you didn't destroy or remove the signs you simply put them on the ground. Sounds like the correct thing to do to me, thanks from one citizen to another.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

25. Wrong.

In Florida where I held signs the law states 100 feet and the boundary is measured off and clearly marked. I held up democratic signs all morning and I pounded my signs into the ground when I left. I would not be happy if someone pulled them out and layed them flat. If you want to do the correct thing, go get some democratic signs and put them up right next to the republican signs. This is legal.

[codjh9]

15. Right On!!!

[Orangepeel]

16. self edited for negativism

eh, why rain on your parade on election day.

:shrug:

[Serial Mom]

18. It is suppose to be 100 ft away, but

right at driveway still influences people

I would have loved to put up some DEM sigsn, but they are a rarity around here. Had in our yard - stolen (like 2 years ago too!).

And you can tell the area I live in - Senselessbrenner, so not many DEM signs to borrow even!

[Orangepeel]

19. well, sure they can influence people

that's why they're there!

(The question is whether or not they are legal. Based on what I know from my own state, I suspect they are)

But, it isn't like republicans never took down any signs!

Happy election day! :hi:

[notadmblnd]

20. Michigan 100 ft from the door

nt

[JeffSanchez]

27. I believe so.

I had a professor today explain how when he and his family went to vote today, a man wearing a "Devos for Governor" sweater was kicked out because of the law and wasn't allowed back until he took it off. Fortunately he had a tee underneath.

[Megahurtz]

23. I saw someone laying signs down today that

were in front of a polling place down the street from me.
Now I know what she was doing, and they were all RePuke signs!

Good for her, and good for you!:)

[tinfoilinfor2005]

26. Again, no.

All the signs at my precint were dem signs and I put them there, ten feet away from the 100 foot legal boundary. If I saw someone pulling them out, I'd be pissed. The best thing to do is to get your own signs and put them next to the republican signs. And if you go last, you can strategically block their signs. ;-)

[Dinger]

24. Shit, I'd Have Taken Them Along & Said I Was Turning Them In To The Police

Fuckin' dicks.
I bet there'll be a lot more of that in Wisconsin.

[MODemocrat]

28. There were about 10 campaign signs at our polling place

It was a mixture of both Dems, and Reps, but the first one in line was Claire McCaskell, so, it
really didn't bother me too much. They were almost on the Highway, so, they were probably legal.
There was a heavy turnout at our small precinct this morning.

Sure will be glad when this is over and done.. :thumbsup: :dem:

[Serial Mom]

29. New question now.... drove by and they were back up

but about 100 ft away from driveway now, which is better BUT

while running errands, I went out of my way by just a couple of blocks and went past 3 other polling places. NONE had signs up on or nearby - why, because those polling places were public - a fire station, the municipal building and a public school.

So why then should I be subjected to seeing campaign signs when my polling place is a church and other people see nothing when their polling place is a municipal/public building? This is not a DEM or repuke thing -IMHO it's just something that on election day should apply to all places or none