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Posted: 6/21/2017 5:02:49 PM EDT
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In high school some of my friends decided to grab about 100 campaign signs and stick them in my front yard overnight. Parents weren't happy.
Not sure if it was legal for them to take them though. |
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Posted: 6/21/2017 5:04:03 PM EDT
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Just don't do it in North Korea
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Posted: 6/21/2017 5:09:06 PM EDT
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Just don't do it in North Korea 
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Posted: 6/21/2017 5:09:43 PM EDT
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Yes, taking something that you dont own is called theft.
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Posted: 6/21/2017 5:11:22 PM EDT
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They are suppose to remove them after the election is over, but none of the assholes do, around here a few have got warnings for not removing them in the past.
Just be a human and ask if you can take them down, no reason to put yourself in jeopardy. Most of the time, if they lost, they really don't give a shit about them. |
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Posted: 6/21/2017 5:12:31 PM EDT
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Probably go by his capaign office and dig a bunch out of the dumpster. Once thrown away they are free game.
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Posted: 6/21/2017 5:17:34 PM EDT
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If they're in the right of way they're fair game.
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Posted: 6/21/2017 5:20:18 PM EDT
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Can't say about GA, but up here signs have to be removed within a few days or else the campaigns who leave them there are supposed to be fined. So often they are left out that I suspect some campaigns would be happy to see them taken down by somebody else.
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Posted: 6/21/2017 5:20:57 PM EDT
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I've taken the losers signs before, they make good targets or backers. There is currently a billboard of last years loser for sheriff still up half a mile from the courthouse.
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Posted: 6/21/2017 5:22:15 PM EDT
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Here here's a period where they have to be removed. After that I help myself to them as a public service. They make for excellent target holders and can be used the next election cycle to confuse people to no end.
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Posted: 6/21/2017 5:22:43 PM EDT
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Yes, taking something that you dont own is called theft. |
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Posted: 6/21/2017 5:23:41 PM EDT
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Actually if you check many state and local laws/ordinances about temporary/cardboard/plastic signage of any kind placed in the public domain/property, it's usually even illegal to do so...and not always just under the littering laws. The placing of signs like garage sales, puppies for sale, political campaigns, etc. all fall in the same category when they're nailed to a power/phone pole or stuck in the ground on a stake when the property is public right of way or just plain ol' public property is almost always illegal in most jurisdictions. Though not usually enforced with any gusto, it's still usually illegal.
So...removing those signs in those cases on public property is almost never illegal. Now, I would recommend you check local laws/ordinances to be sure, but most highway departments, refuse departments, street departments, police departments, etc., etc., would thank you. If those signs are in someone's yard or other private property, it goes without saying that it could be theft in most jurisdictions. |
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Posted: 6/21/2017 5:24:12 PM EDT
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Yes, taking something that you dont own is called theft. |
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Posted: 6/21/2017 5:29:26 PM EDT
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After a certain time period it's essentially, illegal dumping. Back when Ron Paul was running I collected a ton of them, the big 4x8 ones had some nice T-posts attached.
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Posted: 6/21/2017 5:29:46 PM EDT
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After the national election this past November we did a neighborhood clean up, lots of target backers and hangers for the local gun club.
I have no idea if it was legal, but we only took those signs that were on public property i.e. on the right of ways not out of people's yards. |
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Posted: 6/21/2017 5:32:16 PM EDT
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Take them. It's called cleaning up.
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Posted: 6/21/2017 5:32:42 PM EDT
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Not exactly the Crime of the Century to take a few campaign signs when the election is over.
You'll be fine. |
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Posted: 6/21/2017 5:33:42 PM EDT
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I doubt anyone will stop you. I see people do that all the time before the election is over, because they don't approve of the candidate. But I also see these things left behind for months. If you get caught, just say you're cleaning up.
If you can post pictures of some of the reactions to your target |
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Posted: 6/22/2017 8:20:03 AM EDT
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They are suppose to remove them after the election is over, but none of the assholes do, around here a few have got warnings for not removing them in the past. Just be a human and ask if you can take them down, no reason to put yourself in jeopardy. Most of the time, if they lost, they really don't give a shit about them. |
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Posted: 6/22/2017 8:25:51 AM EDT
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I always have a stack of them. Never had a problem getting them the day after an election.
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Posted: 6/22/2017 8:26:44 AM EDT
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Plastic corrugated election signs make great target backers.
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Posted: 6/22/2017 8:27:35 AM EDT
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I got some huge 4x8 foot signs made from that plastic cardboard stuff. I am going to cut them into target backers. This was at least two weeks after election. I figured i was doing a public service by removing them Yeah that stuff is awesome. Just don't jump the gun and pull down any signs before the election. |
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Posted: 6/22/2017 8:28:45 AM EDT
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They are suppose to remove them after the election is over, but none of the assholes do, around here a few have got warnings for not removing them in the past. |
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Posted: 6/22/2017 8:29:02 AM EDT
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If they're in the right of way they're fair game. |
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Posted: 6/22/2017 8:29:25 AM EDT
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If it's on the right-of-way it's litter. You are just doing your civic duty.
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