PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota transportation authorities are reminding people that political campaign signs cannot be placed in the right of way along state highways.

Jason Humphrey with the Transportation Department says election signs are showing up along the state's roadways in advance of the June election.

Humphrey says the department is asking people to pay attention to where they place signs and make sure they are outside the right of way and in locations that will not create safety hazards or district drivers.

The use of the right of way is reserved for official highway signs. All signs in the right of way that are not required for traffic control are prohibited and will be removed.

The ban on political signs in highway rights of way applies to candidate and ballot-issue sings.

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