Yard Signs
Please help us by taking up as many signs as you can and disposing of them
Please help us by taking up as many signs as you can and disposing of them
- corrugated plastic can be recycled
- plastic bag signs - if relatively clean - can be recycled with plastic bags
- stakes are can be used in gardens or placed with other scrap metal
From a past article in the News and Observer:
North Carolina state law says: Campaign signs are allowed from 30 days before early voting to 10 days after Election Day. During that 10-day window after an election, a sign can only be removed by a candidate. This gives candidates a chance to retrieve their signs if they want them back. After the 10-day window, signs are considered “unlawfully placed and abandoned property,” and anyone is allowed to remove and throw them out. Note that the language of the law is that anyone is allowed to remove the signs after 10 days, not that any particular party must remove the signs. (The law, changed in 2019, used to say only campaigns and candidates could remove their own signs.)
So for this election, that means that by Nov. 13, remaining campaign signs can be removed by anyone. Local ordinances might stretch these dates a bit. Durham, for example, gives candidates 15 days to collect their signs before they’re considered abandoned property. Campaign signs at polling places need to be removed within 36 hours.
North Carolina state law says: Campaign signs are allowed from 30 days before early voting to 10 days after Election Day. During that 10-day window after an election, a sign can only be removed by a candidate. This gives candidates a chance to retrieve their signs if they want them back. After the 10-day window, signs are considered “unlawfully placed and abandoned property,” and anyone is allowed to remove and throw them out. Note that the language of the law is that anyone is allowed to remove the signs after 10 days, not that any particular party must remove the signs. (The law, changed in 2019, used to say only campaigns and candidates could remove their own signs.)
So for this election, that means that by Nov. 13, remaining campaign signs can be removed by anyone. Local ordinances might stretch these dates a bit. Durham, for example, gives candidates 15 days to collect their signs before they’re considered abandoned property. Campaign signs at polling places need to be removed within 36 hours.