I wonder have the councils insisted that only cable ties with candidate details on them can be used?
No law governing distribution of political literature - as with any other non-requested mail, they are free to deliver it to you at any time.
Regarding the Oireachtas envelopes, every TD and Senator get an allowance of envelopes each month for use in Constituency correspondence. The envelopes can be used for electoral purposes but have to be declared as an election expense if used after an election has been called.
There are no regulations about when stuff can be dropped, but there are regulations about accounting for the cost. If something is specifically relating to an election, then the cost of the leaflet must be accounted for by the candidate, and the total spend on the election must not exceed the statutory limits.Are there any rules or regulations governing the distribution of election literature before an election has been announced, or is it considered to be the same as a normal 'sales' mail drop?
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Better still, ban postering.
Postering is a horrible, dangerous, dirty, time consuming expensive job - the enthusiasm for postering is just because it works. It is advertising, and most businesses find that advertising works.Postering should banned full stop - its a form of official littering. There are enough other ways for candidates to inform the electorate that they are running i.e. leaflets in letterbox, canvassing, media etc.
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