It happens every election — signs pop up, followed quickly by complaints about election signs being stolen or damaged.

But, thanks to the widespread use of home surveillance systems, thefts and vandalism of signs in York Region are being captured on video, then shared widely on social media.

Thornhill MP Peter Kent posted a video on Twitter of an old man in a walker removing one of his signs from a lawn and putting it in the recycling bin at the road.

“As happens in every election, parties endure incidents of sign vandalism. But I have to smile at the slow-motion + recycling net technique of this gentleman vandal on Lisa Crescent,” Kent wrote.