Get ready to see campaign signs around your neighborhood for longer after each election.

Current Arizona law allows candidates to post their campaign signs 45 days before an election. The Senate gave preliminary approval Monday to a measure extending that period to 86 days. Given that the state primary is in late August, that could mean signs sprouting like flowers in May.

The measure also makes it a crime-- with a potential four-month jail stint-- for one candidate to erect a campaign sign in a way that obscures someone else's. But even Rep. David Stevens, the sponsor of the measure, isn't sure exactly what that means. "What if I've got a 4 by 4 sign and someone's got an 8-inch by 12-inch sign in front of mine. Is that an obstruction if you can't see a little corner? So there is some gray matter there, so to speak."

Sen. Jeff Dial conceded he didn't really have an answer. He suggested it might have to be handled on a case-by-case basis. But Dial said he isn't terribly concerned that the police will be busy investigating violations, citing offenders and taking down signs.

"Based on my past campaigns, I'd be surprised if there was a rapid response by the police because I've not found the police to really care when you call them to notify them about political signs. So I don't think it will be a high priority. The campaign may actually be over by the time we saw a response," Dial said.

The measure now needs a final roll-call vote.