Political Signs - It's that time

We currently have some residents that want to put up political signs. Our bylaws on this sort of confuse me as they seem to double talk themselves......imagine that. Under signs it says no signs except on common grounds stating use of common property with Board Approval. Under Architectural Control it states the BOD has complete control over what we allow and do not allow to be put in yards.

My question is this - can the Board allow political signs under the Architectural Control clause or do we need to change our R&R's?

What accomodations/changes have you all installed to allow your association to celebrate during this very exciting election season, and past ones as well?

We allow football flags to fly during the football season and the BOD would like to see neighbors be able to root on their political team.

Because we had a complaint, we took a vote and decided it was a seasonal decoration. We want to allow them, however I am unsure if we need to state that in our R&R's. We currently do not have that stated.

Tamara,

FYI, following is the AZ state law. You may want to use this as a guide for developing a rule for your assn:

C. Notwithstanding any provision in the community documents, an association shall not prohibit the indoor or outdoor display of a political sign by an association member on that member's property, except that an association may prohibit the display of political signs earlier than forty-five days before the day of an election and later than seven days after an election day. An association may regulate the size and number of political signs that may be placed on a member's property if the association's regulation is no more restrictive than any applicable city, town or county ordinance that regulates the size and number of political signs on residential property. If the city, town or county in which the property is located does not regulate the size and number of political signs on residential property, the association shall permit at least one political sign with the maximum dimensions of twenty-four inches by twenty-four inches on a member's property. For the purposes of this paragraph, "political sign" means a sign that attempts to influence the outcome of an election, including supporting or opposing the recall of a public officer or supporting or opposing the circulation of a petition for a ballot measure, question or proposition or the recall of a public officer.

Sorry to bring an old subject up in a new thread. Thanks Dwight, I will read that thread.