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    See unique “I Voted” stickers for Michigan, other states

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    “I went to put on my cute little patriotic sticker and I saw it. And I was like, ‘this is an eyeball,'” a North Carolina voter told USA TODAY.

    Some people might say the most exciting part of voting is the rush and sense of pride they get when they do their civic duty, but for others? The best part is the stickers, and States did not disappoint with this year’s designs.

    Obviously, this is a joke. Voting is crucial to our democracy. But the stickers are definitely a great bonus. Even President Joe Biden flashed his sticker when he Vote at the beginning of this election season.

    In Florida, counties like Miami-Dade gave voters red, white and blue “I VOTED!” stickers. written in Spanish, English and Haitian Creole. The sticker is cute and shows the cultures and background of Miami residents.

    Other states distributed “I voted!” stickers. printed above an American flag.

    But compared to the Michigan werewolf voter sticker, it makes these models look a little generic.

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    Michigan “I Voted” stickers

    Michigan held contests for residents to submit their projects for 2024 “I voted” sticker, and the nine winners were chosen to be given to voters after they voted for 2024.

    The winners were divided into three groups and three models were chosen from each:

    • Elementary and Middle School Winners- Werewolf Sticker; a simplistic sticker with “I Voted Yes” written on a blank background and some letters turned the wrong way around; and a sticker that features a man saluting the flag and a happy face with “I’m cool” written above and “I voted” at the bottom.
    • High School Winners – A sticker of a boy surrounded by confetti says “Hooray,” with “I Voted” written at the bottom; A buck with multicolored sunglasses and a baseball cap. The “I” is colored to look like the American flag, and “voted” is written in red, white, and blue; and a sticker with “I voted” written in the beam of light coming from a lighthouse at sunset.
    • Overall Winners – A patriotic cat in a red, white and blue top hat carrying a picket sign that says “I Voted”; A sticker with “Oops, I Voted” written on a swirling red and purple background; A fish with “I voted” written on its scales.

    “Wolf is the fan favorite,” said Mell Stoner, 18, a history student at Central Michigan University and a first-time voter.

    The sticker, which is pictured above, has taken the internet by storm. On it, a muscular werewolf with a visible eight-pack of abs and big biceps rips off his bum while howling in front of an American flag. “I voted” is written above in blue and red.

    The sensational sticker was created by a student at Brownell Middle School in Grosse Point, Michigan.

    “I love the stickers,” Stoner said. “I think it was a really good idea and I’m really glad (the state) got more age groups to participate.”

    Stoner’s favorite sticker is the fish sticker with “I Voted” written across its top half, pictured to the right of the werewolf. They are glad that they and other Michigan residents voted on the stickers.

    “It’s a great way to get everyone involved in the election without just putting politics in front,” they said.

    Stoner was one of the first people to vote during the early election and received all nine sticker designs.

    from North Carolina eyes voted sticker

    Some voters were surprised by the interesting stickers they received when they voted.

    The sticker a survey employee gave Kiersten Maresca, 30, was not what she expected. So, he hopped on TikTok to tell the story because “it was so funny,” and the video went viral.

    Maresca thought she would get a regular, “patriotic,” “I voted” sticker with the American flag in the background, she told USA TODAY. Needless to say, he didn’t.

    “I went to put on my cute little patriotic sticker and I saw it,” she said. “And I said, ‘that’s an eyeball…'”

    An eyeball protruding from the socket with pink and red tissue attached to the back of it. Takes up most of the sticker. Below is the word “voted”.

    the punny”eyes “Voted” sticker looks more like something you’d find at a horror movie or Halloween convention, not a voting poll.

    “Did you vote on a hot topic?” one person asked in the comments section of Maresca’s video.

    “I’m really in the spooky spirit over there,” said another.

    But she’s not “ungrateful” for the unique sticker, as some in the comments section of her video said.

    “It was a real shock,” Maresca told USA TODAY.

    Born and raised in New Jersey, Maresca moved to North Carolina’s Brunswick County, where she said the residents seem “very traditional.” It is the first time he is voting in the area

    “I couldn’t believe that was the sticker,” she said.

    “I have to frame him now.”

    A “patriotic” racist.

    Maresca is not the only one who wants to frame her sticker. Robby Marshall, a Louisiana native living in Baton Rouge, wants to do the same for his.

    This year’s sticker “felt personal to Louisiana,” Marshall told USA TODAY.

    The state’s “I Voted” sticker features a red crawfish, a Louisiana staple, wearing a black hat, shoes and a blue and white suit.

    “It’s a crawfish in a blue suit, so it represents the red and blue and it’s still patriotic,” he said.

    Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry asked Academy Award winner William Joyce, who was born in the southeastern state, to create the sticker for the 2024 election season, said Joel Watson, Louisiana’s assistant secretary of state for communications. for USA TODAY.

    Joyce, who has written and illustrated children’s books such as ‘Rolie Polie Olie’, ‘A Day with Wilbur Robinson’ and more, has swapped the usual ‘I Voted’ sticker for 2024.

    “It’s very different,” Watson said. “You know, most of (the states’ previous stickers) are very unique to each other, but this one is definitely, I’d say, the most unique.”

    Feeling of “hope”

    Marshall wants to frame her sticker not just because she likes the design, but because of its meaning and the hope this year’s election gives her.

    “For me, it was being able to vote for the first black woman for president,” Marshall said. “It’s something very historic.”

    Marshall wanted to keep his sticker from 2016, when he voted for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, but the polling place ran out of stickers when he cast his vote, he said.

    “Whether (Harris) wins or not, I was able to play a role.”

    Julia is a trends reporter for USA TODAY. You can connect with her LinkedInfollow her further X, formerly known as Twitter, Instagram and TikTok: @juliamariegz or email [email protected]

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