In my mind, the more colorful and vaguer a lawn sign, the more awesome it is. One of my favorite past-times is driving down side roads in towns whose politics I'm unfamiliar with and gaining a little misinsight into a town's political dynamic by reading short snippets of information. My favorite was driving through Northampton last summer and seeing signs that said "Vote Yes" and "Vote No". I didn't know what I should or should not be voting for, but I knew that I was supposed to feel some way about something because a small percentage of people decided to announce their political intentions for passers-by. Discounting polling days and locations that are more accessible to the general public and campaigns that attempt to engage new voters in serious and important conversations, isn't a handful of words that only a handful of people engaged in civics care about all you can hope for in a vibrant and functioning democracy?
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