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Proud liberal 80

(4,167 posts) Mon Nov 5, 2018, 07:13 PM Nov 2018

They took down the BETO signs

I drove passed my polling place and they took down all the BETO signs...there use to be a lot up, now just Cruz and other republicans

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They took down the BETO signs (Original Post) Proud liberal 80 Nov 2018 OP

report it...there's phone numbers for this poisted on du time to time nt msongs Nov 2018 #1

Someone stole them. Call your local Dem Party and they'll replace them. nt herding cats Nov 2018 #2

Aloha, herding! Good to see you! Cha Nov 2018 #18

Aloha, Cha! herding cats Nov 2018 #21

Thank You so Much for Cha Nov 2018 #22

There shouldn't be ANY signs at a polling place . . . Journeyman Nov 2018 #3

I agree RhodeIslandOne Nov 2018 #5

Thing is, it works for low-information voters. bearsfootball516 Nov 2018 #6

I wouldn't be stunned. llmart Nov 2018 #7

I agree. That's how it works, for some people. They want to vote for the winning guy. nt Honeycombe8 Nov 2018 #15

This is how Dumbya and Runny Raygun won. lpbk2713 Nov 2018 #17

The law says different in my state sarah FAILIN Nov 2018 #11

Signs are allowed outside electioneering zone Gothmog Nov 2018 #12

Same in Maryland NastyRiffraff Nov 2018 #16

Wtf? TXN in WA Nov 2018 #4

Garden Ridge Proud liberal 80 Nov 2018 #13

The rule in Texas is 100 feet from the entry door. Ms. Toad Nov 2018 #19

We should send kids out with colored chalk to write the names of Democrats on the sidewalks by world wide wally Nov 2018 #8

At this point. Blue_true Nov 2018 #9

Sounds like they are preparing for tomorrow. grantcart Nov 2018 #10

Yard signs may not matter MUCH , but not having any at the polling place does... Honeycombe8 Nov 2018 #14

Assholes! Liberal In Texas Nov 2018 #20

It's what Republicans do DFW Nov 2018 #23

Call the local Beto campaign HQ/Pop Up blogslut Nov 2018 #24

msongs

(67,440 posts)

1. report it...there's phone numbers for this poisted on du time to time nt

Reply to Proud liberal 80 (Original post)

Mon Nov 5, 2018, 07:20 PM

Nov 2018

herding cats

(19,567 posts)

2. Someone stole them. Call your local Dem Party and they'll replace them. nt

Reply to Proud liberal 80 (Original post)

Mon Nov 5, 2018, 07:22 PM

Nov 2018

Cha

(297,618 posts)

18. Aloha, herding! Good to see you!

Reply to herding cats (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 5, 2018, 09:35 PM

Nov 2018

Link to tweet

herding cats

(19,567 posts)

21. Aloha, Cha!

Reply to Cha (Reply #18)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 01:51 PM

Nov 2018

I'm hoping today is a good day! My feet are still swollen from canvassing this weekend for Beto. There were so many of us out there doing GOTV we kept crashing the map app! The server couldn't handle the load of so many of us! Let's hope we made a difference!

Cha

(297,618 posts)

22. Thank You so Much for

Reply to herding cats (Reply #21)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 04:08 PM

Nov 2018

all you and your fellow Texans have done for Beto and our Democracy!

Epsom salts?

Journeyman

(15,038 posts)

3. There shouldn't be ANY signs at a polling place . . .

Reply to Proud liberal 80 (Original post)

Mon Nov 5, 2018, 07:27 PM

Nov 2018

(just saying)

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)

5. I agree

Reply to Journeyman (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 5, 2018, 07:29 PM

Nov 2018

Ultimately though, someone will always find a way to get a sign or flyer near the place. I find it insulting. Like "Ooooh there's a Cruz sign I'll vote for him now."

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)

6. Thing is, it works for low-information voters.

Reply to RhodeIslandOne (Reply #5)

Mon Nov 5, 2018, 07:48 PM

Nov 2018

They go to their polling place, think "Well I don't know anything about Candidate A or Candidate B, but I've seen Candidate A's name everywhere, so he must be good!"

You'd be stunned how many people do that.

llmart

(15,552 posts)

7. I wouldn't be stunned.

Reply to bearsfootball516 (Reply #6)

Mon Nov 5, 2018, 07:52 PM

Nov 2018

I hear people say that all the time. We really do have a lot of ignorant people out there - the kind of people who are too ignorant to know they're ignorant.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

15. I agree. That's how it works, for some people. They want to vote for the winning guy. nt

Reply to bearsfootball516 (Reply #6)

Mon Nov 5, 2018, 09:05 PM

Nov 2018

lpbk2713

(42,766 posts)

17. This is how Dumbya and Runny Raygun won.

Reply to bearsfootball516 (Reply #6)

Mon Nov 5, 2018, 09:31 PM

Nov 2018

Name recognition. Both dumb as a stump.

sarah FAILIN

(2,857 posts)

11. The law says different in my state

Reply to Journeyman (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 5, 2018, 08:13 PM

Nov 2018

Not sure what you have to follow.

Gothmog

(145,542 posts)

12. Signs are allowed outside electioneering zone

Reply to Journeyman (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 5, 2018, 08:17 PM

Nov 2018

In Texas, signs are allowed beyond 100 feet from the door of the polling places. We have a ton of signs at locations

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)

16. Same in Maryland

Reply to Gothmog (Reply #12)

Mon Nov 5, 2018, 09:28 PM

Nov 2018

There's always a lot of signs around polling places.

TXN in WA

(102 posts)

4. Wtf?

Reply to Proud liberal 80 (Original post)

Mon Nov 5, 2018, 07:27 PM

Nov 2018

Where?

Proud liberal 80

(4,167 posts)

13. Garden Ridge

Reply to TXN in WA (Reply #4)

Mon Nov 5, 2018, 08:22 PM

Nov 2018

In Comal County near San Antonio

Ms. Toad

(34,087 posts)

19. The rule in Texas is 100 feet from the entry door.

Reply to Proud liberal 80 (Reply #13)

Mon Nov 5, 2018, 11:39 PM

Nov 2018

Likely there's plenty of space on the property that is outside of 100 feet.

Sec. 61.003. ELECTIONEERING AND LOITERING NEAR POLLING PLACE. (a) A person commits an offense if, during the voting period and within 100 feet of an outside door through which a voter may enter the building in which a polling place is located, the person:

(1) loiters; or

(2) electioneers for or against any candidate, measure, or political party.

(a-1) The entity that owns or controls a public building being used as a polling place may not, at any time during the voting period, prohibit electioneering on the building's premises outside of the area described in Subsection (a), but may enact reasonable regulations concerning the time, place, and manner of electioneering.

(b) In this section:

(1) "Electioneering" includes the posting, use, or distribution of political signs or literature. The term does not include the distribution of a notice of a party convention authorized under Section 172.1114.

world wide wally

(21,754 posts)

8. We should send kids out with colored chalk to write the names of Democrats on the sidewalks by

Reply to Proud liberal 80 (Original post)

Mon Nov 5, 2018, 08:02 PM

Nov 2018

Polling stations on Election Day.

Just sayin'

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

9. At this point.

Reply to Proud liberal 80 (Original post)

Mon Nov 5, 2018, 08:06 PM

Nov 2018

Any one whose vote will be influenced by signs is a damed fool.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)

10. Sounds like they are preparing for tomorrow.

Reply to Proud liberal 80 (Original post)

Mon Nov 5, 2018, 08:10 PM

Nov 2018

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

14. Yard signs may not matter MUCH , but not having any at the polling place does...

Reply to Proud liberal 80 (Original post)

Mon Nov 5, 2018, 09:04 PM

Nov 2018

Yard signs matter when there's a lot of them, IMO. People tend to want to vote for the winning guy, unless of course that's out of the question.

So if someone is on the fence, it could make a difference when he sees a lot of Cruz signs but no Beto signs, when he walks in to vote.

Did you call the local Democratic Party or Beto's campaign office? So they can get some signs up for tomorrow?

Liberal In Texas

(13,574 posts)

20. Assholes!

Reply to Proud liberal 80 (Original post)

Mon Nov 5, 2018, 11:42 PM

Nov 2018

Repub party slogan should be, "The ends always justify the means."

Hope the local dems can replace the signs in the morning.

DFW

(54,436 posts)

23. It's what Republicans do

Reply to Proud liberal 80 (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 04:12 PM

Nov 2018

If they thought they could get away with beating people senseless for voting Democratic and burning their ballots, they would do it.

blogslut

(38,015 posts)

24. Call the local Beto campaign HQ/Pop Up

Reply to Proud liberal 80 (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 04:21 PM

Nov 2018

They're all over the state. Go here:

https://map.betofortexas.com/?eventType=blockwalk%2Cpopupoffice

Type in the zip code and the closest HQs and Pop up offices with be listed on the right. From there, click on the nearest one and there's usually a contact phone number displayed.

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