Can a city or county adopt post-election durational restrictions for political campaign signs?
Yes. In Collier v. Tacoma, 121 Wn.2d 737 (1993), the Washington Supreme Court addressed both pre- and post-election restrictions on political campaign signs. While holding that “Tacoma’s durational limitation on the preelection posting of political campaign signs violates the free speech provisions of both the Washington and the United States Constitutions,” the court addressed post-election requirements as follows: [O]ur holding does not compel a change to postevent removal requirements as long as such requirements are reasonable and apply to all temporary events, such as political campaigns, home sales and residential renting. While preelection political speech interests may outweigh a municipality’s regulatory interests in a given case, those same interests are not present postevent and may be outweighed by a municipality’s demonstrated interests in aesthetics or traffic safety. See Baldwin v. Redwood City, supra (10-day postelection removal requirement upheld). So, assuming that re
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