With campaigning for the upcoming Eden-Monaro by-election now in full swing, Council has today announced it will strongly enforce legal and policy requirements regarding electoral signage in the region.
Elections, at all levels of government, often bring with them a proliferation of electoral signage that can be unsightly and may cause obstruction to pedestrians and distractions to drivers.
With 14 candidates contesting the 4 July election, Council expects a significant amount of electoral signage. Council has already received several complaints about electoral signage and staff have moved quickly to remove the signs.
For the remainder of the by-election, Council staff will confiscate and destroy electoral signage placed on public land and road reserves. Warning letters will be issued where electoral signs are erected without appropriate Council consent on private property if the signage does not comply with legislation governing electoral signage.
Council will remind all candidates and party electoral offices of the legal requirements for electoral signage and will be advising that the placement of illegal signage, including corflute signs, will not be tolerated in the Queanbeyan-Palerang local government area.
