(NEXSTAR) — With Election Day less than two ... and signs becoming more popular in the following years. By the early 1900s, ad agencies were stepping in to help better establish the yard signs.

Columbus, for example, requires temporary yard signs be set back at least two feet from the public right-of-way line and two feet from the nearest sidewalk. What to do if your neighbor puts up a ...

Minkoff said voters tend to put up yard signs for two primary reasons: to motivate others to vote for their candidate, and as a means of personal expression. “It’s like a public display of ...