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LIKE
THERE ARE AS MANY.
NEWSCHANNEL 15'S ERYN ROGERS
TALKED TO SOME CAMPAIGN
OFFICIALS TO SEE
WHY THAT MAY BE.
HEATHER, IF YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN
THE ROAD, YOU MAY SEE JUST A
HANDFUL OF
SIGNS FOR AN ENTIRE BLOCK.
AND THAT'S RARE.
THE CAMPAIGN OFFICIALS I TALKED
TO SAID THERE MIGHT BE A FEW
REASONS FOR THAT.
VO: HOUSE AFTER HOUSE..
WITH EMPTY YARDS.
SOT: THERE DON'T SEEM TO BE A
LOT OF SIGNS OUT THERE
VO: YOU MIGHT BE SAYING, WHAT'S
WRONG WITH THAT?
BUT, WE ARE FOUR WEEKS AWAY FROM
AN ELECTION.
AND, HOMES LIKE THIS ONE ARE A
RARITY.
SOT: THERE ARE A LOT OF
UNCONTESTED RACES ON THE BALLOT,
AND IF
THERE'S AN UNCONTESTED RACE WHY
PUT THE EFFORTS IN, SO A LOT
OF CANDIDATES ARE HAPPY TO NOT
HAVE COMPETITION, SO THEY AREN'T
GOING
THROUGH THE TROUBLE OF PUTTING
YARD SIGNS UP.
STAND UP: NORMALLY, A LOT LIKE
THIS ON A BUSY INTERSECTION
WOULD BE FILLED
WITH CAMPAIGN SIGNS, BUT AFTER
CITY COUNCIL PASSED AN ORDINANCE
BANNING CAMPAIGN SIGNS FROM
PUBLIC PROPERTY, THIS LOT IS
NEARLY EMPTY.
SOT: SINCE IN THE CITY OF FORT
WAYNE, IT'S ILLEGAL TO PUT THE
SIGNS IN THE
RIGHT OF WAY, CANDIDATES HAVE TO
GO OUT AND FIND VOTERS WHO ARE
WILLING TO PUT THAT SIGN IN
THEIR YARD, AND THAT TAKES A LOT
MORE WORK.
VO: BUT, SOME CAMPAIGNS ARE JUST
USING A DIFFERENT TYPE OF
STRATEGY.
SOT: THEY'VE KIND OF WAITED
UNTIL A MORE APPROPRIATE TIME AS
WE GET
CLOSER TO THE ELECTION INSTEAD
OF LEAVE THEM OUT FOR MANY MANY
WEEKS.
VO: SOME CAMPAIGN OFFICIALS SAY
YARD SIGNS ARE A THING OF THE
PAST.
AND
CAMPAIGNING HAS MOVED ONLINE AND
TO SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT SOME
DISAGREE.
SOT: BUT FORT WAYNE IS A PLACE
WHERE TYPICALLY IF YOU DON'T PUT
OUT
YARD SIGNS, PEOPLE CAN'T BELIEVE
THAT YOUR CAMPAIGN IS REAL.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET SIGNS FOR
YOUR YARD, YOU CAN PICK THEM UP
AT THE
ALLEN COUNTY DEMOCRATIC
HEADQUARTERS ON THE SOUTH SIDE
OF
THE CITY OR THE REPUBLICAN
HEADQUARTERS DOWNTOWN.