Fast Campaign Cleanup Begins

It’s cleanup time.

All the political signs on every corner are starting to disappear.

Most candidates are really good at cleaning up fast.

Picking up signs apparently is a great stress reliever when you’re waiting for election results to come through.

Madison County Sheriff Roy Klingler has a stack of signs.

He and his four sons pulled them up earlier this morning and would have done it even sooner, but poll results took a little longer than usual to total.

“Everybody hates signs. I hate signs, but they are a key part of an election,” said Klingler.

Most folks around Rexburg seem to feel that way too. Reporter Jessica Crandall saw very few signs left out Wednesday.

However, the sheriff did point out a few stray signs here and there. Several were placed illegally near the railroad.

“Nobody’s given permission. It’s not a good thing,” said Klingler.

Just five minutes later, Crandall caught a woman stopping by to collect those same signs.

If you’re wondering where those signs go when former candidates and their supporters do pick them up, sometimes it’s straight into storage.

Many candidates re-use their signs from election to election. Klingler has hundreds of signs, so he didn’t have to buy one this year.

That’s saving him a lot of cash, considering the signs range in price from about $10-$150.

As for leaving your signs out for too long, it’s mainly a courtesy to get rid of them fast. The state has no specific time limits.

Sgt. Jeff Edwards with Bonneville County said campaign signs get pulled pretty quickly in Idaho Falls as well.

Rexburg has no city ordinance regarding how long candidates can keep campaign literature out there.