Osceola Republicans slam change in sign policy with early voting already underway

Osceola County has ordered candidates to take down political signs planted outside early voting precincts.

Supervisor of Elections Mary Jane Arrington said she had nothing to do with that order, but local Republicans say nobody had trouble until anti-Arrington signs started popping up by the road.

The Republican Party of Osceola County plans to hold a press conference at its Kissimmee headquarters slamming the decision as election interference. The party said it received a notification on Friday, days after early voting had already started, that signs located outside polling locations — even ones planted beyond the 150-foot zone where campaigning is restricted by law — would be removed and destroyed.

“This desperate attempt by the Democrat-run Osceola County government to silence our political speech at the last-minute amounts to nothing more than ELECTION INTERFERENCE,” reads a statement from Osceola Republican Chair Mark Cross.

Arrington, a Democrat, said she was negatively impacted by the decision as well. She faces a challenge by Republican Jim Trautz this year. She had signs for her own re-election campaign at nine early voting locations that she had to take down.




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