I think some level of restriction is called for but I wouldn’t be sure about an outright ban, I suspect that would just favour incumbents and candidates from bigger parties.
Yes, yes, yes, please, for the love of god YES.
And those fucking leaflets that get posted too.
They need to be banned
But how will I decide who to vote for then?
I think it’s simple to solve the issue of posters being left up for months or even years. Make the campaigns keep track of how many the thry put up and that they have 30 days to take down every single one following the election, or incur a littering fine, say €500 for impetus, per sign left up.
I’d be against banning them
Unless we want a bias towards
– established candidates
– candidates with name recognition
– candidates with serious money for TV/radio.
Yes, I know the internet exists but loads of people aren’t that active. And that also costs.
And please don’t throw in the environmental red herring. Yes plastic is bad but posters are a blip in the amount of plastic we use in Ireland.
Yes, it’s not x-factor
Much as I dislike them, ban online campaigning first – reduce the level of non-local electoral interference.
How about yes in general, and have 3-4 key locations per Local Electoral Area where everyone running can submit a fixed size poster for display.
They’re awful, but they are also a bountiful harvest of corriboard for my projects.
Their shouldn’t even be pics on the election form itself. I think people just vote for someone they recognise.
But it’s such a handy heuristic for people to use instead of actually looking into who the candidates are and what they stand for.
Now people can just go to the polls and think “Whose poster did I see most? They must be popular.”
Honestly they’re a good thing. They’re a bit annoying but politics is a bit annoying. I’m honestly only aware of the majority of local candidates because of their posters. Seeing something slightly annoying for a month every few years is a small price to pay for democracy.
It’s obvious to state the never ending campaign circus in the US is an undesirable alternative but the other extreme is just as worrying. If we don’t have posters a disturbingly high number of voters will only get their political news through social media echo chambers and that’s how you get the far right.
They’re really not that big a deal. Keep them.
Would love to see the posters gone, nothing but eyesores. Would a single booklet to every house with a page or two for every candidate be good, I wonder. Let every candidate give the jist of what they’re running on, their socials if people want more etc. Gives everyone equal exposure, reduces the waste and probably overall cost.
Maybe! I do think we still have a generation who relies much more on posters and the like.
I’d be interested in limiting how many any one individual can put up, however. I think this would level the playing field for those less established/not so loaded TDs (I know there’s a spending cap). The posters don’t bother me *so much*, but the sheer volume is insane.
yes. case closed
I’m a no.
I enjoy the vibe they bring.
Can it include the North as well. 🙏🏼
I think we need them in a limited capacity to inform us. I’m completely non affiliated with any party. Yes they’re annoying but helpful.
As others have said they are bound by law to be removed or a fine is issued. This actually works fairly well, partly because the candidates keep the posters to recycle them for the next campaign.
Councils are actually much worse offenders for not removing signs. Road flooded, road works, loose chipping signs, cones etc litter the countryside. Overgrown by foliage in the ditches, they’re there so long.
personally against this, can see this limiting grassroots campaigning and hurting independents
Really need to lock down the social media bots interfering in elections. That’s where the real threat lies.
Yes, complete eyesores. If they are gonna stay limit them to 50 per candidate and only have them on main roads, not on residential streets.
It shouldn’t be a competition to put up the most temporary plastic.
If i only know what my local politicians look like from campign posters, then they don’t deserve my vote any way……I would never see the face of 1 of them if it was for election time posters
We should prioritize banning all foreign-funded NGO’s that lobby politicians or otherwise engage in political activity.
Ban posters, bring in Australian style fines on not voting, and have government distributed information (website or booklet if people choose).
They should be.
Every person has a unique super computing global broadcasting platform in their pocket. Some boffin should look into whether this technology could some day rival the poster’s mighty power to engage, educate and motivate the electorate.
Ban all billboards including advertising, they are a form of visual pollution, it’s already happing in some parts of the world:
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The bane of many a tidy towns committee.
I think some level of restriction is called for but I wouldn’t be sure about an outright ban, I suspect that would just favour incumbents and candidates from bigger parties.
Yes, yes, yes, please, for the love of god YES.
And those fucking leaflets that get posted too.
They need to be banned
But how will I decide who to vote for then?
I think it’s simple to solve the issue of posters being left up for months or even years. Make the campaigns keep track of how many the thry put up and that they have 30 days to take down every single one following the election, or incur a littering fine, say €500 for impetus, per sign left up.
I’d be against banning them
Unless we want a bias towards
– established candidates
– candidates with name recognition
– candidates with serious money for TV/radio.
Yes, I know the internet exists but loads of people aren’t that active. And that also costs.
And please don’t throw in the environmental red herring. Yes plastic is bad but posters are a blip in the amount of plastic we use in Ireland.
Yes, it’s not x-factor
Much as I dislike them, ban online campaigning first – reduce the level of non-local electoral interference.
How about yes in general, and have 3-4 key locations per Local Electoral Area where everyone running can submit a fixed size poster for display.
They’re awful, but they are also a bountiful harvest of corriboard for my projects.
Their shouldn’t even be pics on the election form itself. I think people just vote for someone they recognise.
But it’s such a handy heuristic for people to use instead of actually looking into who the candidates are and what they stand for.
Now people can just go to the polls and think “Whose poster did I see most? They must be popular.”
Honestly they’re a good thing. They’re a bit annoying but politics is a bit annoying. I’m honestly only aware of the majority of local candidates because of their posters. Seeing something slightly annoying for a month every few years is a small price to pay for democracy.
It’s obvious to state the never ending campaign circus in the US is an undesirable alternative but the other extreme is just as worrying. If we don’t have posters a disturbingly high number of voters will only get their political news through social media echo chambers and that’s how you get the far right.
They’re really not that big a deal. Keep them.
Would love to see the posters gone, nothing but eyesores. Would a single booklet to every house with a page or two for every candidate be good, I wonder. Let every candidate give the jist of what they’re running on, their socials if people want more etc. Gives everyone equal exposure, reduces the waste and probably overall cost.
Maybe! I do think we still have a generation who relies much more on posters and the like.
I’d be interested in limiting how many any one individual can put up, however. I think this would level the playing field for those less established/not so loaded TDs (I know there’s a spending cap). The posters don’t bother me *so much*, but the sheer volume is insane.
yes. case closed
I’m a no.
I enjoy the vibe they bring.
Can it include the North as well. 🙏🏼
I think we need them in a limited capacity to inform us. I’m completely non affiliated with any party. Yes they’re annoying but helpful.
As others have said they are bound by law to be removed or a fine is issued. This actually works fairly well, partly because the candidates keep the posters to recycle them for the next campaign.
Councils are actually much worse offenders for not removing signs. Road flooded, road works, loose chipping signs, cones etc litter the countryside. Overgrown by foliage in the ditches, they’re there so long.
personally against this, can see this limiting grassroots campaigning and hurting independents
Really need to lock down the social media bots interfering in elections. That’s where the real threat lies.
Yes, complete eyesores. If they are gonna stay limit them to 50 per candidate and only have them on main roads, not on residential streets.
It shouldn’t be a competition to put up the most temporary plastic.
If i only know what my local politicians look like from campign posters, then they don’t deserve my vote any way……I would never see the face of 1 of them if it was for election time posters
We should prioritize banning all foreign-funded NGO’s that lobby politicians or otherwise engage in political activity.
Ban posters, bring in Australian style fines on not voting, and have government distributed information (website or booklet if people choose).
They should be.
Every person has a unique super computing global broadcasting platform in their pocket. Some boffin should look into whether this technology could some day rival the poster’s mighty power to engage, educate and motivate the electorate.
Ban all billboards including advertising, they are a form of visual pollution, it’s already happing in some parts of the world:
[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-26/zurich-bern-consider-billboard-bans-after-vernier-outlaws-visual-pollution](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-26/zurich-bern-consider-billboard-bans-after-vernier-outlaws-visual-pollution)
Yes it’s outdated now. Internet and TV should be good enough. A few flyers in the local supermarket maybe.
The healy-raes fact no objection
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