Cows Look Like Maps@lemmy.ca to Ontario@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoCambridge candidate says he's lost hundreds of election signs, calls it 'voter suppression'www.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down10 cross-posted to: canada@lemmy.ca
arrow-up126arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square7fedilink cross-posted to: canada@lemmy.ca
minus-squaresetVeryLoud(true);@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down2·1 month 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-up3·1 month 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-down2·edit-21 month agoNo, you cannot ban my political expression, especially on my own property!
minus-squareprodigalsorcerer@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month 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-up1·1 month 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.