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Girhinomofe t1_iugc2sy wrote

This is one thing that truly bothers me— these campaigns will put 1000 signs along the road in my town with people’s names, but it is wicked difficult to find out their platform or intention for running. I had to do a lot of digging to find info on my town’s BOE candidates, but in the digital era it should be way easier than this.

Spend less on signs placed every 20 feet in the median of a highway. Design them with a huge QR code that takes you directly to a well designed, organized website that gives all pertinent info about the candidate. Place signs in tactful positions that will allow drivers stopped at intersections to capture the QR.

Or, at least SOME WAY of providing more context than hoping that quantity + bright colors will make some bonehead vote for you without knowing anything about why you are running for a political position.

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Gmbravos31 t1_iuhcner wrote

It’s because they hope you’ll vote for them without knowing what their stances actually are.

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rockmasterflex t1_iui4zhh wrote

> Design them with a huge QR code that takes you directly to a well designed, organized website that gives all pertinent info about the candidate. Place signs in tactful positions that will allow drivers stopped at intersections to capture the QR.

You have already vastly overestimated the effort a voter will take to find info.

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Girhinomofe t1_iui5exd wrote

Which is a huge part of the problem.

I can design a rad sign with my dog’s name on it, blanket my town with 1500 fluorescent orange and dark blue signs, and probably get an old hound elected as mayor.

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rockmasterflex t1_iui5u2n wrote

No. The signs aren't really for promoting candidates, theyre almost strictly for reminding people there's an election and energizing the folks who already like those candidates (likely for party reasons) to vote for them AND talk about them.

A good solution to the sign problem is to ask your town for an ordinance that bans them on public property - this will severely cut back on the volume and limit it to parties and candidates needing to find individuals willing to host their signs on private property.

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NatAttack50932 t1_iugh8tx wrote

Most of these candidates are boomers and not smart. I doubt the average BOE candidate even knows what a QR code is

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