Now, three years later, the full effects of McCain-Feingold are just about to hit. As it reads, the 2002 law regulates political advertising in coordination with a candidate's campaign appearing on "any broadcast, cable or satellite communication, newspaper, magazine, outdoor advertising facility, mass mailing or telephone bank to the general public, or any other form of general-public political advertising." At the law's inception, the FEC wisely reasoned that the wording of this particular statute did not apply to the Internet -- references to the Internet and the World Wide Web were included elsewhere in the law, so Congress must have intentionally omitted it here.
I don't recall immediately if the agenda is a county or for the entire state but: "NO PUBLIC POSTING WHATSOEVER ON ANY PUBLIC PROPERTIES". Meaning, no longer can anyone use telephone poles, lawn strip or land bordering streets (public) to billboard, poster -- "any" thing: "yard sale signs, and other signs". Must also include "political/campaign issue" posters and billboards, methinks....
But I do wonder.... would this apply to colleges as well?
These are mostly PUBLIC (funded) institutes -- but all campuses have areas for the "SCHOOL NEWSPAPERS" (would these be banned)... and areas for students to post FLIERS. Would these be banned?
Would these also, perhaps fall under the category of "unintended consequences" and would, under this new ruling, ban students from posting "opinions, directions to events, etc. could it happen?
Good question. Wonder what the regents of Colorado.. I mean Ward Churchill U would say?? How about discussion in classrooms of schools receiving federal funds?