There are numerous devices available to a municipality other than outright prohibition to combat the nuisances which might flow from the use of political signs. A municipality is not powerless to enact and enforce reasonable regulations directed against those responsible for littering the streets or private property. It may enact ordinances prohibiting the attachment of political posters to public property and permitting recovery of the cost of removal of such posters. [Citation]. It may not, on the other hand, enforce a wholesale prohibition against them. 11 Ohio St.2d at 133, 228 N.E.2d at 324. (Emphasis added.)
Moreover, this sort of case is an enterprise on which any private individual should shudder to embark. No substantial damage award is every [sic] likely, and yet the costs of proving a case for injunctive relief are high. To secure counsel willing to undertake the job of trial, including the substantial duty of representing an entire class (something which must give pause to all attorneys, sensitive as is the profession to its ethical responsibilities) necessarily means that someone-plaintiff or lawyer-must make a great sacrifice unless equity intervenes. 53 F.R.D. at 40.
“(4) Political campaign signs. Signs or posters not exceeding 18 square feet in display surface, announcing candidates seeking political office; provided that such signs or posters shall be permitted only for a period of 60 days preceding a general or special election and for a period of 10 days following such election.”
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