The community I teach in votes at the middle school where I work. Today as I drove by the side of the school on my way to the parking lot, I noticed a group outside of the school with a huge sign regarding local issue 17. I didn’t pay much attention, but wondered to myself if this was legal or not.
My classroom has a great view of the spot where they are set up, so I decided to give their sign a closer look. I peer out my window to see the following:
See us to talk about the TRUE FACTS regarding issue 17. “True Facts” actually being in bright red font with huge bold lettering.
After reading the sign, and snickering quietly, I asked my class what they thought about the wording of the sign. They all agreed that it was nice that these people were trying to get the truth out regarding the issue.
As a side note: Is it legal for these types of displays to be set up outside of local voting places?
Jurisdictions vary on the distance that that campain advertisements must be kept from the polls, but in my area it’s only 50 feet from the entrance. So, it’s likely it was OK.
I’m so relieved they didn’t want to talk about the false facts. :rolleyes:
In Ohio, I’m pretty sure it’s 100 feet from the entrance to the polls. At my precinct this morning there was a little fluorescent yellow sign in the lawn that said “No campaigning beyond this point,” or words to that effect.
When I was in high school in suburban Cleveland, I worked on a campaign as partial fulfillment of the requirements for my American Government class. The advice I was given was to stay “outside the flags” which marked the entrance to the polling place. Of course, the American flags in question may have been placed at a specified distance from the voting machines (or the entrance to the room in which said machines had been placed).
This could have been the case. I never knew those flags had any significance, besides indicating that the building was a voting location. This crew was set up directly beyond the flags on the lawn.
