Towns can't restrict political yard signs: Supreme Court has ruled

[WNYresident]

Towns can't restrict political yard signs: Supreme Court has ruled

Chris Voccio received a warning letter from the Niagara Falls code enforcement office telling him the campaign sign he attached to his fence was too big.

So he took down his Chris Voccio for City Council sign, which at about 4 1/2 by 6 feet, ran afoul of a city law limiting political signs to 8 square feet, or 4 feet per side.

Niagara Falls, like many cities and towns, regulates the size of political signs now popping up in neighborhood lawns in the weeks before the Sept. 12 primary.

Other places, like the Town of Hamburg, limit when candidates can put up the signs.

http://buffalonews.com/2017/08/28/po...ime=1503927100

[gorja]

Originally posted by WNYresident:
So he took down his Chris Voccio for City Council sign, which at about 4 1/2 by 6 feet, ran afoul of a city law limiting political signs to 8 square feet, or 4 feet per side.

2' x 4' is 8 sq ft

4 ft per side is 16 sq ft

[gorja]

The court halted this guy's free speech


http://wivb.com/2014/09/08/man-must-...safe-act-sign/

[grump]

2' x 4' is 8 sq ft

4 ft per side is 16 sq ft

It's a city whose school district is controlled by white liberal suburban teachers union members. Please don't expect its graduates to understand simple math. But I always thought regulations that were content neutral were allowable.

[gorja]

I wonder if someone put one of these 12' blow up outdoor widescreen movie screens on their front lawn and projected the political message on it, if it would be considered a sign?