ACLU Hawaii Sues Maui Over Displaying Signs

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From a press release Thursday (June 20):

The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii (“ACLU”) has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court on behalf of the ACLUʻs members and Maui plaintiffs Chuck Carletta and Mele Stokesberry.

The suit, against the County of Maui (“County”), seeks immediate changes to County laws that prohibit people from displaying signs on sidewalks and along roadways.

At issue is Maui County Code section 12.42.030, which prohibits sign-waving within 50 feet of any traffic control signal, twenty feet of a pedestrian crosswalk, or six feet of the edge of the pavement or other surface of the highway. …

Read the lawsuit here.

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