Michigan’s “I Voted” Sticker Design Contest has online voting through July 31

(State of Michigan, July 26, 2024)

Michigan – Through the end of July, Michigan residents can vote online to help choose the final designs for the state’s official “I Voted” sticker for the 2024 presidential election. Students enrolled in Michigan schools and residents submitted their designs to the contest, which was launched in May by Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.

“Thank you to all of the students and Michigan residents who created a design for our state’s first ‘I Voted’ sticker contest,” said Secretary Benson. “Every voter in Michigan should leave the polls with pride, knowing that their voice was heard. Now we can share that pride in our democracy with a sticker designed by some of our state’s talented and creative artists.”

From more than 480 entries, 25 semifinalists from each category were chosen by members of the Michigan Collegiate Student Advisory Task Force, who came up with the idea to organize the sticker contest.

Three winning designs will be selected from each individual category: elementary/middle school (grades K-8), high school (grades 9-12), and general enrollment (open to Michigan residents of all ages). The winning designs will be available for local officials to order for the November election.

Finalists:

Category primary education/secondary school:

Macie McCausland – Frost Middle School, Livonia
Ashley Paulson – Oxford Secondary School, Oxford
Elizabeth Delano – Oxford Middle School, Oxford
Janyne Hynous – Brownell Middle School, Grosse Pointe
Gabby Warner – Rockford
Layla Azure – Frost Middle School, Livonia
Avery Kahkonen – Arvon Township School, L’Anse
Haden Burrell – Hesperia Community Schools, Hesperia
Willa Worden – Oxford Middle School, Oxford
Katelyn Stouffer-Hopkins – Lansing
Riley Chevalier – Michigan International Preparatory School, Clark Lake
Mikayla Yeaw – Wyoming
Wayne Freeman – Au Gres-Sims School District, Au Gres
Sophie Hudson – Zuidveld
Hailey Hue – East Rockford Middle School, Rockford
Ryan Topham – St. Thomas Aquinas Parish School, East Lansing
Olivia Harrison – Frost Middle School, Livonia
Jiyun Byun – Clague Middle School, Ann Arbor
Roman Salazar – Forsythe Middle School, Ann Arbor
Madeline Lee – Grissom Middle School, Sterling Heights
Alisa Mui – Frost Middle School, Livonia
Annalyse Wallace – Taylor
Sandy McDonough – Oxford Middle School, Oxford
Araminta Widby – Arvon Township School, Skanee
Zoie Brake – Frost Middle School, Livonia

Secondary school category:

Graci Gartland – Gladstone High School, Gladstone
Sage Tuskan – Gladstone High School, Gladstone
Michelle Lekhtman – West Bloomfield High School, West Bloomfield
Adie Tryan – Gladstone High School, Gladstone
Olivia Smiertka – Holly High School, Holly
Lucas Barker – Gull Lake Community Schools, Richland
Evalyna Mei – East Kentwood High School, Kentwood
Bryce Stewart – Almont High School, Armada
Abigail Jones – Almont High School, Lapeer County
Tasnim Rahman – Hamtramck High School, Hamtramck
Rylee Fraaza – Gull Lake High School, Richland
Idyll Fay Villarin – Woodhaven High School, Brownstown
Chantell Moss – Thurston High School, Redford
Lyric Conway – West Bloomfield High School, Holly
Nicholas Rodgers – Plymouth-Canton Educational Park, Canton
Shanon Kawata – Ann Arbor Community High School, Ann Arbor
Grayson Cooksey – Onaway High School, Onaway
Annabella Cochrill – New Haven
Andrew Brasher – Alma High School, Saint Louis
Daniella Aldabbagh – West Bloomfield High School, West Bloomfield
Keara Aderman – Gladstone High School, Gladstone
Savannah Olesinski – Thurston High School, Redford Township
Kaylee Kourakis – Gull Lake High School, Augusta
Cameron LaVigne – Gladstone High School, Gladstone

General entry category:

MaKayla Burns – Rockford
Naomi Barbour – Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti
Michael Crawford – Genesee Career Institute, Owosso
Sarah Pohl – Fenton
Lydia Ellison – Saranac
Janette Scott-Lucas – Kalamazoo
Patrick Rogers – Ada
Breanna Tanner – Grand Rapids
Jacob Adams – Ypsilanti Community
Hannah Howery – Grand Rapids
Anastasia Greer – Marquette
Mason Sultana – Dearborn Heights
Madelyn VerVaecke – Livonia
Christina Castilla – Lansing
Emily Buckley – Ann Arbor
Kelsey Winiarski – Livonia
Nicholas Conde – Noordville
Kerri Neymeiyer – Howard City
MaKayla Burns – Rockford
Lorelei Mortimer – Northern Michigan University, Tecumseh
Cole Allen – Ypsilanti
Carissa Smith – GrandvilleVoting closes on Wednesday, July 31st at 11:59 p.m. Voters can select their favorite three stickers in each category. Winners will be announced in August and will receive special recognition from Secretary Benson.