Who is responsible for taking down election posters?

Paint Brush · 05-05-2012 09:41PM #1

Just as the title says. I know the various parties are responsible for putting up their own posters and there are rules regulating that, but what are the rules about how they come down? And who is responsible for the litter they ultimately produce. Plenty of posters in my area are left up over a month afterwards and usually end up falling off and becoming litter for the council to sort out.

Alun · 06-05-2012 01:42PM

Not to mention the many millions of tie-wraps still festooned on lamp posts and traffic signs after the last election and many more before that.

BOHtox · 06-05-2012 03:53PM

I think the cable ties should be coloured with party coulors. With Fine Gael dark blue, Fianna fail light green, sinn fein dark green and Labour red etc. Then the parties are fined for leaving the cable ties up on the post after the poster is taken down. The lamp-posts in my area do be covered with cables ties. Really looks awful.

antoobrien · 08-05-2012 04:39PM

Paint Brush wrote: »

Just as the title says. I know the various parties are responsible for putting up their own posters and there are rules regulating that, but what are the rules about how they come down? And who is responsible for the litter they ultimately produce. Plenty of posters in my area are left up over a month afterwards and usually end up falling off and becoming litter for the council to sort out.

The body/canididate responsible for erecting a poster is also responsible for their removal. I think it's one week after the election/referendum that they have to be down.

Who is responsible for taking down election posters?

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