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Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?

Posted by Brooklyntrain on Mon Jun 11 08:24:32 2018

Just happened at 95th by a man in a lime green shirt who looked like he will be there all morning. He was walking through the cars and going up to each person. And asking people if they were a registered Democrat and if so if they could sign for a certain candidate for State Senate. I thought this solicitation was against MTA rules and election rules.

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Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?

Posted by Broadway Lion on Mon Jun 11 10:06:53 2018, in response to Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?, posted by Brooklyntrain on Mon Jun 11 08:24:32 2018.

Maybe so... But I would rather register as a Republican or in NY follow Sean Hanitty's lead and register CONSERVATIVE.

Gee... I wish the Conservative party was nation wide.

ROAR

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Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?

Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Mon Jun 11 13:24:06 2018, in response to Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?, posted by Brooklyntrain on Mon Jun 11 08:24:32 2018.

Constitutionally protected behavior.

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Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?

Posted by italianstallion on Mon Jun 11 14:11:57 2018, in response to Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?, posted by Broadway Lion on Mon Jun 11 10:06:53 2018.

"I wish the Conservative party was nation wide."

It is.

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Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?

Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Mon Jun 11 14:19:24 2018, in response to Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?, posted by Brooklyntrain on Mon Jun 11 08:24:32 2018.

They say in WWE "It's not cheating unless you're caught". I know, it's staged.

Ed Koch used to say "It's illegal to spit on the ground". But people did it and no cop ever gave a summons for it.

In this case IDK if there is a specific rule about this.

Showtime illegal too as it creates and unsafe condition for the passengers. But I never saw them caught, stopped or arrested.

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Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?

Posted by italianstallion on Mon Jun 11 14:49:04 2018, in response to Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Mon Jun 11 14:19:24 2018.

I was interested a few weeks ago to find that "showtime" exists on the Paris Metro as well.

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Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?

Posted by Broadway Lion on Tue Jun 12 08:00:09 2018, in response to Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?, posted by italianstallion on Mon Jun 11 14:11:57 2018.

show me.

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Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?

Posted by displaced angeleno on Tue Jun 12 09:31:26 2018, in response to Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?, posted by Brooklyntrain on Mon Jun 11 08:24:32 2018.

A cursory search of MTA Rules didn't turn of anything about solicitation of signatures.

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Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?

Posted by displaced angeleno on Tue Jun 12 09:34:21 2018, in response to Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?, posted by displaced angeleno on Tue Jun 12 09:31:26 2018.

Section 1050.6(1)(c):

Except as expressly permitted in this subdivision, no person shall engage in any nontransit uses upon any facility or conveyance. Nontransit uses are noncommercial activities that are not directly related to the use of a facility or conveyance for transportation. The following nontransit uses are permitted by the Authority, provided they do not impede transit activities and they are conducted in accordance with these rules: public speaking; campaigning; leafletting or distribution of written noncommercial materials; activities intended to encourage and facilitate voter registration; artistic performances, including the acceptance of donations; solicitation for religious or political causes; solicitation for charities that: (1) have been licensed for any public solicitation within the preceding 12 months by the Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York under section 21-111 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York or any successor provision; (2) are duly registered as charitable organizations with the Attorney General of New York under section 172 of the New York Executive Law or any successor provision; or, (3) are exempt from Federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code or any successor provision. Solicitors for such charities shall provide, upon request, evidence that such charity meets one of the preceding qualifications.

(1) Permitted nontransit uses may be conducted in the transit system except: (A) when on or within: a subway car; an omnibus; or, any area not generally open to the public; (B) within a distance of 25 feet of a station booth, or a fare media sales device including but not limited to a fare media vending machine; or, (C) within a distance of 50 feet from the marked entrance to an Authority office or tower. (D) The following activities are not subject to the minimum distance requirements as set forth in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of this paragraph: public speaking; leafletting or distribution of written noncommercial materials; campaigning; and, activities intended to encourage and facilitate voter registration, provided, that with respect to any of the activities described in this subparagraph, no sound production device is used and no physical obstruction, such as a table or other object, is present within a distance of 25 feet of a station booth or fare media sales device, or 50 feet from the marked entrance to an Authority office or tower.

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Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?

Posted by italianstallion on Tue Jun 12 13:21:35 2018, in response to Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?, posted by Broadway Lion on Tue Jun 12 08:00:09 2018.

It's called the Republican party.

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Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?

Posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Jun 12 13:30:39 2018, in response to Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?, posted by italianstallion on Tue Jun 12 13:21:35 2018.

No, it's called the "Democratic Party." The "Republican Party" is the reactionary party.

Although I'll grant that at least the Democratic Party has a liberal wing.

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Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?

Posted by chicagomotorman on Tue Jun 12 13:39:27 2018, in response to Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?, posted by Brooklyntrain on Mon Jun 11 08:24:32 2018.

If they can allow so-called musicians. They can allow campaign signatures.

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Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?

Posted by R2ChinaTown on Tue Jun 12 13:56:29 2018, in response to Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?, posted by Brooklyntrain on Mon Jun 11 08:24:32 2018.

Rules vary. If you are a Republican then it's likely prohibited. If you are a "progressive" democraps, not so much.

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Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?

Posted by italianstallion on Tue Jun 12 16:48:03 2018, in response to Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?, posted by R2ChinaTown on Tue Jun 12 13:56:29 2018.

Stupid comment.

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Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?

Posted by Broadway Lion on Wed Jun 13 10:31:38 2018, in response to Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?, posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Jun 12 13:30:39 2018.

Democraps are Socialists way off the board on the left.

Republicans are mediocore sort of center but with leftward chumps.

We need a REAL RIGHT Conservative Party.

But not that these left jerks call the alt.right.

ROAR

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Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?

Posted by George Foelschow on Wed Jun 13 11:17:30 2018, in response to Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?, posted by Broadway Lion on Wed Jun 13 10:31:38 2018.

Other than making clear, once again, your political bias, what purpose is served by the name calling? Again, nothing relevant to the subway.

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Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?

Posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Jun 13 11:27:27 2018, in response to Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?, posted by George Foelschow on Wed Jun 13 11:17:30 2018.

I agree, although the presence of off topic content is not of great concern to me.

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Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?

Posted by italianstallion on Wed Jun 13 17:30:13 2018, in response to Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?, posted by George Foelschow on Wed Jun 13 11:17:30 2018.

And he is supposedly a man of God.

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Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?

Posted by SUBWAYMAN on Thu Jun 14 03:15:22 2018, in response to Re: Is asking for campaign signatures allowed onboard subway trains?, posted by George Foelschow on Wed Jun 13 11:17:30 2018.

He is clearly delusional.

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