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Sign vandals have destroyed or stolen “hundreds and hundreds” of Pierre Poilievre signs in the riding of Carleton, even nabbing the sign from the candidate’s own lawn in Greely.

The vandalism was worst along a section of Stittsville Main Street, where signs were cut or defaced at the intersections of Hobin and Beverly streets and Wintergreen Drive on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night, said Poilievre campaign manager Marian Currie.

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“You always see some sign vandalism during a campaign, but it’s unusual to see it happen at the same intersections day after day,” she said.

The vandalism was reported to police.

“It is disappointing that some would break the rules and violate our democratic process,” Currie said. “There are many families in Carleton who want to express support for our low tax, balanced budget plan and they deserve to be respected in their opinion.”

Poilievre is running for the Conservatives in the riding against Liberal Chris Rodgers, Kc Larocque of the NDP and Deborah Coyne of the Green Party.

A spokesman for Larocque said they’ve lost signs too and even had reports of people going to doors, claiming to be from the NDP and urging voters to vote “strategically” for the Liberals.

Mike Broeders, manager of the Rodgers campaign, said they’ve had no report or graffiti or vandalism, although some signs have gone missing.

Voters will get one more chance to see their candidates together on Oct. 14 at 8:30 p.m. at the Fred Barrett Arena in Findlay Creek in an event sponsored by the Findlay Creek Community Association.