Election Posters: Should they be banned ??

2011

The country has been destroyed by pointless, ugly election posters.
This really p!sses me off :mad::mad::mad:

Does anyone else agree that all election posters should be banned ??

corner of hells

2011 wrote: »

The country has been destroyed by pointless, ugly election posters.
This really p!sses me off.

Does anyone else agree that all election posters should be banned ??

No , I like them, they brighten up our boring lampposts.

wazky

Best course of action to the bring the issue up with your local councillor....

Oh right...

HeidiHeidi

Absolutely.

The achieve nothing, all you see is a blur of posters, they all start to blend into one after a while (or maybe that's just me?) - the ones in my area don't even specify which election they're running in ffs, just Vote Number 1. Number 1 for what???

And half of them are at head height or blocking traffic lights (I'm seriously thinking of emailing the Green Party to complain about their candidate's one at the Kevin St. junction which is positively dangerous.)

And how much feckin' money is wasted on them every time?

I know this is an AH thread, so sorry about the serious answer, but :mad:

HeidiHeidi

wazky wrote: »

Best course of action to the bring the issue up with your local councillor.

I'm waiting for someone, anyone, to turn up at my house canvassing, and they'll be told that if they have posters up they won't be getting my vote. I suspect I needn't bother going to the polling statiion if that's the case though, so I might let them away with promising to address the issue of posters next time around, and preferably agree not to use them themselves.

No canvassers yet though :mad:

Fred Swanson

No, don't ban all election posters

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TeddyTedson

They should take them all down. What the hell are they playing at trying to distract drivers. Idiots.

KingOfFairview

But how would I know who to vote for?

Saucy McKetchup

No, I got paid good money to put a few up during the week

kneemos

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Absolutely.

The achieve nothing, all you see is a blur of posters, they all start to blend into one after a while (or maybe that's just me?) - the ones in my area don't even specify which election they're running in ffs, just Vote Number 1.

And half of them are at head height or blocking traffic lights (I'm seriously thinking of emailing the Green Party to complain about their candidate's one at the Kevin St. junction which is positively dangerous.

And how much feckin' money is wasted on them every time?

I know this is an AH thread, so sorry about the serious answer, but :mad:

Noticed that the other day as well.Are you a local or European candidate.

KERSPLAT!

TeddyTedson wrote: »

They should take them all down. What the hell are they playing at trying to distract drivers. Idiots.

If a 3x2 poster distracts you, don't drive. Do you crash every time you pass a shop with a special offer poster!?

They don't bother me much. It does bother me when they aren't taken down in a reasonable amount of time after the elections though

Kichote

No, don't ban all election posters

they should definitely be banned. Horrible yokes.

TeddyTedson

How am expected to vote for anyone irresponsible enough to cause distractions for drivers on every road in the country.
It just goes to show you though, polititians generally don't give a **** about the people, they care about personal gain and the feeling of self importance. Not to mention the money.
Vincent Brown if you're reading this please ask every polititian you have on your show this question over the next few weeks.

TeddyTedson

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

If a 3x2 poster distracts you, don't drive. Do you crash every time you pass a shop with a special offer poster!?

They don't bother me much. It does bother me when they aren't taken down in a reasonable amount of time after the elections though

You're bombarded with them. I've never crashed in ten years, however my eyes are drawn to them while driving, yes. It takes just one second to crash and it could be the result of reading an election poster.

Karl Stein

I think we should start a fund so that we can run a candidate who will ban election posters.

Of course we're going to need to put up thousands of election posters to achieve it but the ends justify the means.

Sierra Oscar

The fact of the matter is that if you don't put up posters, the chances are you won't get elected. From my experience most candidates don't even want to use posters, they just feel they have to in order to remain competitive. I doubt candidates would spend €3,000 + on their posters if they felt they weren't needed, and they wouldn't have their teams out all night trying to put them up.

Some sort of system like they have in France could work, where there is limited designated space for candidates to display their posters. That would be better for the environment, cheaper for candidates and wouldn't be too intrusive.

Chucken

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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You know it's a criminal offence to remove posters.

Fred Swanson

No, don't ban all election posters

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Skeleton XIII

Chucken wrote: »

You know it's a criminal offence to remove posters.

So keep your wits about you when you deface the horrible ****ing things. Fat, arrogant privilege staring smugly at you from every lamppost.

HeidiHeidi

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

The fact of the matter is that if you don't put up posters, the chances are you won't get elected. From my experience most candidates don't even want to use posters, they just feel they have to in order to remain competitive. I doubt candidates would spend €3,000 + on their posters if they felt they weren't needed, and they wouldn't have their teams out all night trying to put them up.

Some sort of system like they have in France could work, where there is limited designated space for candidates to display their posters. That would be better for the environment, cheaper for candidates and wouldn't be too intrusive.

Which is why I'd like to see someone have the guts to propose a unilateral agreement to stop using posters. They'd get my vote for sure.

The way things are gone now, there's a set of every candidate's posters on every single pole, traffic light, tree, and anything else they can get a cable tie around, even if it's only 10 feet from the last one. What the feck purpose does that serve? Half of them seem be out to plaster THEIR posters everywhere (even if that means two or three on one pole) just so the others can't. It's like a kids game gone wrong. And these are the people we're going to vote to run our country/county?

Chucken

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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Fred Swanson wrote: »

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So it was a case of drawing moustaches on them?

kneemos

Was there a storm one year and posters ended up flying about like confetti.Think I remember something about people finding ingenious uses for them.

Chucken

kneemos wrote: »

Was there a storm one year and posters ended up flying about like confetti.Think I remember something about people finding ingenious uses for them.

We used them to make a new roof for our timber (fuel) shed

Fred Swanson

No, don't ban all election posters

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2011

No, don't ban all election posters

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

The fact of the matter is that if you don't put up posters, the chances are you won't get elected.

I accept that, but it does not answer my question.
Should all election posters be banned?

So what do you think would be so bad if nobody was allowed to put up election posters?

What is the downside?

Sierra Oscar

2011 wrote: »

I accept that, but it does not answer my question.
Should all election posters be banned?

So what do you think would be so bad if nobody was allowed to put up election posters?

What is the downside?

No, I don't think there should be an outright ban. I think posters do serve a purpose in informing people who is running for election in a certain area.

I have had people on the doors tell me that X is not running based on the fact that they have not seen any posters for said candidate up yet, where in reality that candidate probably has not got around to putting up their posters yet. So the posters do serve a purpose and they do have an impact.

I do however think that it is probably time to impose some limitations, such as having designated areas to display posters.

Kichote

No, don't ban all election posters

Chucken wrote: »

You know it's a criminal offence to remove posters.

Under which law? Does it just apply to election posters or any auld thing one might decide to hang off a lamp post?

Sierra Oscar

Kichote wrote: »

Under which law? Does it just apply to election posters or any auld thing one might decide to hang off a lamp post?

Election posters are still considered private property under the law, so interfering with them would be an offense. Far better off reporting any offending posters to the council so that they can follow up on it (through fines and the like).

Chucken

Kichote wrote: »

Under which law? Does it just apply to election posters or any auld thing one might decide to hang off a lamp post?

There are laws specifically pertaining to signs and posters.
If the posters are permitted by the gardai, then removing them is a criminal offence.

2011

No, don't ban all election posters

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

No, I don't think there should be an outright ban. I think posters do serve a purpose in informing people who is running for election in a certain area.

I would have thought that the internet, newspapers (including free papers), radio, TV, and politicians / volunteers calling door to door do that already.

Would it not be better to send each potential voter who is on the electoral register a taxpayer funded list of all candidates, a single photo and 20 word description of candidate?

Do you think that this assists voters?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Limit them to oneperson per 300 m radius or set numeber per constituency or something. Do they really need to have a poster of the same candidate on every tree, every lampost, every tall child and every roadsign on a one mile stretch of road?

HeidiHeidi

Kichote wrote: »

Under which law? Does it just apply to election posters or any auld thing one might decide to hang off a lamp post?

I don't think you're allowed hang any auld thing off a lamp post.

There's a window of opportunity for a certain period before an election for election posters, hence the revving of engines coming up to midnight the night before that date, and the mad dash up and down ladders to clog up every available space before your opponent does.

Except, of course, those candidates who ignore the rules altogether and put their posters up long before the opening date - and sure why wouldn't you when there appears to be no sanction whatsoever?

Kichote

No, don't ban all election posters

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

Election posters are still considered private property under the law, so interfering with them would be an offense. Far better off reporting any offending posters to the council so that they can follow up on it (through fines and the like).

Has anyone ever been convicted for taking one down? I suppose then any guerilla advertising i put up gets treated the same?

HeidiHeidi

2011 wrote: »

I would have thought that the internet, newspapers (including free papers), radio, TV, and politicians / volunteers calling door to door do that already.

Would it not be better to send each potential voter who is on the electoral register a taxpayer funded list of all candidates, a single photo and 20 word description of candidate?

Do you think that this assists voters?

That picture is EXACTLY the sort of thing I meant in an earlier post. I just hadn't got around to taking any pictures of it.

It's gone beyond the beyonds by this stage.

Fred Swanson

No, don't ban all election posters

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2011

No, don't ban all election posters

Banning election posters would not be without precedent

Chucken

2011 wrote: »

Banning election posters would not be without precedent

That's not here.

2011

No, don't ban all election posters

Chucken wrote: »

That's not here.

Unfortunately you are correct.

Omackeral

I don't mind looking at Nadine Meisonnave's posters currently up around Camden Street, Dublin 2. Puts the Fine into Fine Gael.

Kichote

No, don't ban all election posters

Chucken wrote: »

That's not here.

i think they are banned in youghal

Son Of A Vidic

No, don't ban all election posters

TeddyTedson wrote: »

They should take them all down. What the hell are they playing at trying to distract drivers. Idiots.

For those of us who remember, if we survived those early Wonder Bra posters, then we'll survive anything.

2011

No, don't ban all election posters

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

For those of us who remember, if we survived those early Wonder Bra posters, then we'll survive anything.

I have no objections to these posters

the groutch

would be very easy for the government to pay for an independently run website that gives a list of all candidates for every constituency/ward, and each candidate can add links to their FB/Twitter/Website.
then let people who genuinely have an interest on the issues do their homework, and everyone else can enjoy streets free from these eyesores.

Chucken

2011 wrote: »

I have no objections to these posters

Double standards.

2011

No, don't ban all election posters

Chucken wrote: »

Double standards.

You know that this is "After Hours", right??

131spanner

No, don't ban all election posters

They don't bother me too much, but I think they're pointless. Just because I see "Vote Cllr. Devitt #1" and a big cheesy grin doesn't mean I'll vote for him.

Or maybe it does...

Larry Wildman

Yes...they are a blight on the landscape.

Having said that, Grace Something (a Labour candidate in Dundrum) is rather easy on the eye!!!

Graces7

No, don't ban all election posters

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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asked my landlord if he had a blowtorch. his face was a picture until he realised i was wanting to use it on the posters. deep in healy rae country and young johnny is leering from every post, obscuring vision...where did he get that suntan..yukk

Graces7

No, don't ban all election posters

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I'm waiting for someone, anyone, to turn up at my house canvassing, and they'll be told that if they have posters up they won't be getting my vote. I suspect I needn't bother going to the polling statiion if that's the case though, so I might let them away with promising to address the issue of posters next time around, and preferably agree not to use them themselves.

No canvassers yet though :mad:

daddy and wifey healy rae were here weeks ago before the posters went up.. i know why now:rolleyes:

Graces7

No, don't ban all election posters

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

If a 3x2 poster distracts you, don't drive. Do you crash every time you pass a shop with a special offer poster!?

They don't bother me much. It does bother me when they aren't taken down in a reasonable amount of time after the elections though

deep rural area here and they block and distract..trying to brainwash..healy rae motto.. i/m on your side a few hundred times each journey..

Graces7

No, don't ban all election posters

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

Election posters are still considered private property under the law, so interfering with them would be an offense. Far better off reporting any offending posters to the council so that they can follow up on it (through fines and the like).

but they are the council:eek: