Campaign Posters

[Statkowski]

Driving around today, the sight of all those campaign posters stuck in the ground next to numerous roadways gave me a thought.

The day after election day, do your civic duty and clean up the countryside.

Then print up some targets and glue them to the stick-in-the-ground posters.

The next time you need targets somewhere, you'll have them.

[DonSmithnotTMD]

You're a genius! Love it.

Since you're supossed to shoot at stuff that looks like people, the one with pictures (do they still have those) would be at a premium.

[Stooperzero]

WOW!!!

What an IDea

and here I was gonna go around slicing all those arlen spectre signs in half.



That's alot of targets for the range. Hit em with some white paint, draw a big black dot and you're in business.

Time to get crackin'





ON Another note.


HOW IS THIS NOT LITTERING????

If I throw a hunk of big paper or plastic on the side of the road I'd be paying out the ass for it. But attach some douchebags name to it and It's OK.



Should make some Fake Signs....

"Bob Backlund for President"

" Bib Fortuna for General Assembly"

[NikeBauer21]

We used to hang some cans off of the metal frames and shoot at them. Always makes for a cheap, easy target.

[gnbrotz]

Driving around today, the sight of all those campaign posters stuck in the ground next to numerous roadways gave me a thought.

The day after election day, do your civic duty and clean up the countryside.

Then print up some targets and glue them to the stick-in-the-ground posters.

The next time you need targets somewhere, you'll have them.

Those signs are property of the candidate. Taking them without permission can lead to theft charges if caught, just like before the election. As someone who has placed signs for a candidate, it is my responsibility to collect them and return them to the candidate after the election, or hang on to them until they can be used for the general election in November if they win the primary.

If signs are still around weeks or months later, it's still a crime to take them, but forgotten or "abandoned" signs are less likely to get you in trouble.

[Stooperzero]

I don't think Obama Campaign members Re-collected their signs . They couldn't find them.

Those signs are property of the candidate. Taking them without permission can lead to theft charges if caught

So IF I put my Name on a Trash bag full of my trash alongside the road it's Legit???? and If you steal it , it's Theft???

[gnbrotz]

Since you're supossed to shoot at stuff that looks like people,

According to who? Human silhouette targets are just about the only thing I shoot.

WOW!!!

and here I was gonna go around slicing all those arlen spectre signs in half.

Also a crime.

HOW IS THIS NOT LITTERING????

If I throw a hunk of big paper or plastic on the side of the road I'd be paying out the ass for it. But attach some douchebags name to it and It's OK.

The signs are placed by the campaign and volunteers, not "thrown on the side of the road". They may only be displayed 30 days prior to the election, and may be placed on public property without asking for permission. They should also be removed promptly after the election, by the person who placed them, and returned to the candidate, as they are his/her property

[Stooperzero]

So 30 Days after the Elections are over they're considered "Abandoned" ???

[NikeBauer21]

The signs are placed by the campaign and volunteers, not "thrown on the side of the road". They may only be displayed 30 days prior to the election, and may be placed on public property without asking for permission. They should also be removed promptly after the election, by the person who placed them, and returned to the candidate, as they are his/her property

How do we get the signs back to the campaign? I don't want to drive all around tarnation trying to return them.

I'm asking seriously because this is the first year I've really been involved, and putting out signs...

[gnbrotz]

So 30 Days after the Elections are over they're considered "Abandoned" ???

I don't know any legal stipulation on time frame to take signs down, though for the winners, I'm assuming there are similar regulations for the general election, so they would need to come down so that they would only be up for the next election for the designated period.

How do we get the signs back to the campaign? I don't want to drive all around tarnation trying to return them.

I'm asking seriously because this is the first year I've really been involved, and putting out signs...

This is something that you'll have to work out with each campaign. I picked mine up at the local Republican headquarters while the candidate was in for a speech. Some may want them returned to the party headquarters so they can pick them up in bulk, or may have someone come pick them up. If you're geographically close to a particular candidate, you might be able to drop them off yourself