University Daily Kansan. October 14. 1982
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Candidates plant signs for grassroots support
By BRUCE SCHREINER
Staff Reporter
Political candidates have taken their campaigns to the front lawns of Lawrence residents by posting scores of campaign signs to drum up support.
For Republicans Bob Schulte and Doug Lamborn, who are challenging incumbent state representatives, the name of the Republican candidate's name recognition and building support
The incumbents, State Reps. Jessie Branson, D-44th District, and Betty Jo Charlton, D-45th District, hope the signs will help re-establish political ties that propelled them into the Legislature.
THE CANDIDATES agree that the signs by themselves will not sway enough voters to ensure victory. But they want to increase the ingredient in the campaign formula.
The candidates have devised strategies that have transformed the use of campaign signs into a near science of signs next to heavily trafficked streets.
Lambert, who is challenging Charlton, said his campaign signs would play a key role because they would allow a large block of voters to become familiar with him. "They are important for me because I am a younger member of the community and not as well-known," he said.
Schulte, who is trying to unseat Branson, said the signed tended to spark greater enthusiasm among supporters. "It reinforces your supporters because people backing you like to see the signs."
ONE CANDIDATE who realizes the potential clout campaign signs have on an election is Charlton, who said she altered her opinion of the signs' usefulness after her last re-election bid. "In my last campaign," she said, "I was the incumbent and my opponent had a better chance to close to beating me, so this year my campaign manager suggested that we use signs."
Part of Charlton's strategy this year is to delay planting most of her signs until the final two weeks of the campaign.
Charlton's campaign manager, Debbie Burns, said the blitz would be geared at building momentum during the campaign's final stage. "When you drive down Massachusetts Avenue, you get an email your notice," Burns said. "But later you don't notice it, and it blends into the background."
BRANSON. ALONG with other candidates, said it was important to place some of the signs in residential areas, even though those signs would not be seen by as many motorists. "By placing some of them in the neighborhood, it shows that people are supporting you," Branson said.
A Lawrence ordinance requires the consent of the owner or renter before a campaign sign can be posted in front of a home.
Branson also was selective with her signs' appearance, choosing a red background with white letters for reasons beyond her personal preference. One of the reasons I picked red was because it shows up better," she said.
By CAROL LICHTI
Staff Reporter
After trying to avoid a future fight on the battlefield by not registering for the draft, two Mennonite college students in the federal court in yesterday
The two men, Chuck Epp, Henderson, Neb., and Kendal Warkentin, North Newton, appeared on charges of refusing to register for the draft mesterate before being bettered in Wichita. Both men are claiming conscientious objector status.
Epp, 20, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The magistrate entered a plea of not guilty for Warkentin, 21, who did not plead.
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Epp said that by refusing to register he was casting a vote against an unjust, immoral system. Not registering was about the way to raise awareness about the issue.
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"It has a great enough impact to justify time spent in prison," he said.
Warkentin said he did not plead yesterday because he might decide to plead no contest to the charge later and accept sentencing without a trial.
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Epp said he and his attorney were planning to base their defense on selective prosecution. They will argue that it is unjust for the government to prosecute only those who have written their reasons for not registering.
Epp wrote a letter to the government explaining his reasons for not regis-
ling.
"They want to scare people by prosecuting a few," Epp said. "This may be the best way for the governors to ensure it creates the most public opposition."
"The government should be concerned with the guy on the street who is a threat to society rather than the guys making responsibility for their actions."
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