It’s not rocket science.
Leave it to the awkward dude in the suits 2 sizes too small to violate simple rules on sign placement. I’m talking about Scott Bowen who is running for State Representative after getting his ass kicked off the CCISD school board. Bowen’s buddies have put up signs around the district, 5 months before the election. There are rules governing the placement of signs. According to Click2Houston:
Texas law prohibits political signs from going up earlier than 90 days before an election and the signs must be removed within 10 days after the election.
Trying to find that specific law is difficult. The Texas Ethics Commission has a number of articles and pamphlets on the subject. Title 15 Election code is on the TEC website. It’s pretty easy to understand and simple to follow. There are restrictions on where to place signs for instance you can’t put signs on Government property including the fences surrounding the school, county property, or NASA.
There are restrictions for placing signs for good reasons. We don’t want to look at political signs 5 months before the election or 5 months after the candidate loses. There are also specific laws concerning the wording on signs. For instance a candidate must have the word FOR, as in Mr Smith FOR city council if they are a candidate for the office. The sign must have “Paid for by…” and the “”NOTICE: IT IS A VIOLATION OF STATE LAW (CHAPTERS 392 AND 393, TRANSPORTATION CODE), TO PLACE THIS SIGN IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF A HIGHWAY.” notices.
Harris County also has rules against putting up signs prior to the 90 days before the election. Bowen will be on the ballot in early March, 5 months from now. He has a conservative challenger, Bob Mitchell, who is currently following the laws concerning sign placement. Unfortunately There are no sign police and no organization to report violations. Houston used to have a sign patrol assigned to pick up signs in the medians but I have not seen those in years.
So Scott if you can’t follow the law, you shouldn’t be elected to make the law.
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please post a picture of these allegedly improper signs
You can drive on most any big street and see them
Drive east on NASA Rd from highway 3, or at the intersection of Bay Area and El Dorado. They are huge and obnoxious.
The one which was on the NASA fence, and so on Federal property, has been moved across the street. So it is at Middlebrook and Space Center. There is also one by the HEB gas station on Clear Lake City Boulevard.
Now it is illegal for citizens to remove them, they are property of the campaign and removing it would be stealing.