Date uploaded: 2022-07-13 00:31:59

The "I Voted" sticker might look quite different and unique at one county in New York state polls in November. After filling out their ballots on Nov. 8, voters in Ulster County will walk out with a sticker designed by the winner of a student contest. The contest is open through July and the leader, by far, is nothing like the traditional "I Voted" sticker. Featuring what looks like a human head on a spider's body, Hudson Rowan's design had garnered more than 164,000 votes — 93% of the total — as of Tuesday afternoon. That's a higher vote count than Ulster saw for the June primaries. "It's a head with legs with colors," Hudson said, adding it has a "vibrant, psychedelic, happy, crazy theme." "Well I definitely thought it was unique," John Quigley, the Republican commissioner for the Ulster County Board of Elections, which is running the contest, said about Hudson's entry. "Somebody tweeted, this is how voters feel about politics right now, and I thought it was almost like the best way to summarize it. It sort of is exactly how we all feel about politics right now." Read the full story at the link in our bio.