Stobie poles are set to remain unadorned at the next state election, due next March, if Attorney-General Vickie Chapman gets her way.

The battle for prime pole position to display suspiciously youthful candidate photos will be struck from the list of election sports if proposed legislation to regulate the use of corflutes passes.

The laws, which have been introduced to State Parliament, would see a limit placed on how many corflutes candidates could have at polling booths and where the posters could be displayed.

Ms Chapman says this would minimise the use of the contentious and environmentally damaging signage.

“Every election cycle, thousands of corflutes are printed, many of which end up on the scrapheap,” she says.

“The posters are detrimental to the environment and the cable ties used to fix them to stobie poles often end up harming local wildlife.

“These proposed laws will help cut the waste, while still allowing for sensible corflute use on polling day.”

The laws would prevent the use of corflutes on most roadsides, with exemptions for when they’re being used in close proximity to polling booths.

Candidates or parties would only be able to display a maximum of four corflutes, within 50 metres of booths. Further exemptions could be set through regulation.

“Times have changed since corflutes were first adopted as a means of promoting political parties and candidates,” Ms Chapman says.

“This change should have been made months ago, but the Labor Opposition repeatedly blocked the Bill – clearly indicating that they do not care for the impact or damage corflutes have on our environment.”