Local supports of proportional representation scrambled to take down campaign signs after learning they have been placed in spots that contravene a city bylaw.
Campaigner Jay Sanders said he thought the bylaw applied only to municipal elections.
"But I see that the bylaw does cover provincial matters," he said Thursday in an email to The Citizen. "The team and I will be moving the signs today."
The purple and white signs urging people to vote in favour of proportional representation have been found in such locations as the lawn where Third Avenue splits off from Fifth and at several spots outside the designated areas along Foothills.
Signs are allowed on 14 spots around the city and along highways 16 and 97 within city limits because those are provincial roads: Austin Road East at Highway 97; Foothills Blvd. and Austin Rd.; Foothills Blvd. and North Nechako Rd.; Foothills Blvd. and First Ave.; Foothills Blvd. and 15th Ave.; Ospika Blvd. and 15th Ave.; Queensway and Patricia Boulevard; Ospika Blvd. and 22nd Ave.; Queensway and Village Ave.; University Way and Ceremonial Rd.; Ferry Ave. at Highway 16; Ferry Ave. and Clapperton St.; and Tyner Boulevard at Highway 16.
Voters are to receive their mail-in ballots for the referendum between Oct. 22 and Nov. 2.
.png;w=120;h=80;mode=crop)
