Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California delegate Robert Camacho, center, hoists a sign during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. (Robert Gauthier / ...

It’s a tradition as American as apple pie. Every election cycle, campaign signs can be spotted sprouting out of yards, near polling sites and along roads, whether for local, state or national ...

Two years ago this very month, I set out on a quest to find as many campaign signs as possible in a two-hour period. I crisscrossed Chico on just about every main thoroughfare east to west and north ...

A cacophony of signage, pedestrians and vehicles crowd the roundabout near the entrance to the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf during a recent weekend. As the five-man Canadian rock group Five Man Electric ...

Directions that Quad-Citians give visitors -- "Go two stop lights past the Whitey's Ice Cream store and turn left" or "Turn right just up the hill from the big John Deere tractor display" -- weren't ...

GURNEE — It’s a tradition as American as apple pie. Every election cycle, campaign signs can be spotted sprouting out of yards, near polling sites and along roads, whether for local, state or national ...

Do this, don’t do that — can’t you read the sign? With Edmonton’s municipal election just around the corner, in two weeks the city will be flooded by campaign signs for council and mayoral hopefuls.

2. Extra-large signs. Again, lots of money coming in. Super-sized signs don't necessarily mean big public servant. 3. Signs that proclaim the candidate is for "Freedom". Whose freedom? Translation: ...

California delegate Robert Camacho, center, hoists a sign during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) They float across the convention floor, into ...