I agree Zeeshan. Im actually getting a number of calls from people who said the exact same thing. Sign popped up on their lawn on the town portion and they either dont want the sign or they wont be voting for them anyway. One in particular HAS called the candidate a few times and no calls have been returned.
As Zeeshan said, I put signs on lawns WITH permission from the homeowner. If we dont get the permission, we dont put it up. Some candidates like to do that to give the impression they have more support than is actually there.
My advice as well is to contact the candidate (whether in ward 6 or any other ward) if you dont want their sign on your lawn. It may be "legal" to do so, but its not good politics.
Zeeshan Hamid wrote:
Candidates use volunteers and sometimes mistakes happen. I would just call the candidate and ask them to remove the sign. I myself put a sign on a wrong address a couple of weeks ago (completely unintentional).
Apparently (and sadly) candidates are allowed to put signs on the road allowance (the area between sidewalk and the road). However, I don't see why any candidate would want to do that without explicit permission from the homeowner.
All my signs are placed on homeowners' request, although mistakes can and do happen.
Zeeshan Hamid.
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