Liberals introduce bill to limit placement, number of election signs on P.E.I.
The Liberals want to change the best way political candidates can promote their marketing campaign by placing restrictions on the amount and placement of election indicators.
A invoice, titled the Election Signage Act, was launched and debated Wednesday. It was introduced ahead by Liberal MLA Hal Perry, who mentioned the purpose is to “tackle rising considerations round each the environmental influence and public issues of safety with our historic use of election signage.”
The invoice would restrict the variety of indicators a candidate is allowed to make use of, and put restrictions on the place the indicators are allowed to go.
A candidate throughout an election can be allowed to place up a most of fifty customary (lawn-sized) election indicators, and 5 non-standard (bigger, roadside indicators). Additionally, a candidate’s marketing campaign headquarters can solely use a complete of two election indicators.
Additional, indicators wouldn’t by allowed in these locations:
- Inside six ft of the outer fringe of a curb or shoulder on the outer fringe of any freeway.
- On the median of a divided freeway.
- Inside the edges of the centre portion of a visitors roundabout.
- In a public park or playground.
- In a means that impedes pedestrian visitors.
- In a means that impacts visibility of street indicators.
- In a means that obstructs a driver’s view of crosswalks, intersection visitors.
Questions round enforcement
Perry took questions from all three events. Inexperienced MLA Karla Bernard requested the Liberals throughout committee Wednesday about how the variety of election indicators could possibly be enforced.
Director of legislative affairs for the third occasion, Colton Profitt, mentioned the signage can be enforced via a complaint-and-investigation course of.
“There’s not going to be any policing of the variety of indicators, per se, however the enforcement can be round a complaint-based system,” Profitt mentioned. “If a criticism is made and they’re able to substantiate that criticism … it will then be investigated.”
Perry added, saying “it is as much as every particular person candidate to have a bit little bit of integrity to police their very own, and every district to police their very own.”
The act says violations will result in a high quality between $500 and $2,000.
