Can You Identify These Regional Election Stickers? - The New York Times

By Remy TuminNov. 1, 2024

Can creative stickers help get voters to the polls? What if they featured a spider-like creature or a werewolf ripping its shirt off? Election officials across the United States are hoping so.

Traditional red, white and blue “I Voted” stickers are being replaced by designs that range from tradition-oriented to totally offbeat. Some states commission artists to come up with new stickers, while others open it up to competitions. But they all cultivate regional pride.

Sarah Copeland Hanzas, the secretary of state for Vermont, said hosting a sticker design competition helped voters feel included.

“It just became clear over the years that so many people either don’t know how the system works, so they don’t want to engage and they just see that as something that other people do, or they feel disenfranchised,” she said. “We wanted to make it a focus of ours to break through that, and in particular, breaking through that with young people.”

Test your knowledge of stickers across the country.

Local Emblems

Many of these stickers feature scenes, landmarks and animals for which the place is known.

The main features in this design are the inspiration for this state's nickname.

Colorado

Wyoming

Florida

Vermont

Crawfish have anchored this state's cultural cuisine for centuries, and were even designated the state crustacean in 1983.

California

Louisiana

Maine

Florida

The palmetto tree seen here was added to this state's flag to allude to an important victory during the Revolutionary War.

South Carolina

Georgia

Florida

California

The city hall featured in this sticker was thought to be the world's tallest habitable building when it was completed in 1901. The building is topped with a statue of William Penn.

Baltimore

Dallas

Philadelphia

New York

This rendering of the Old Man of the Mountain, a famed granite outcrop, was one of three finalists in a sticker design contest in this state.

Oregon

Minnesota

Vermont

New Hampshire

Shape of the State

Another common approach is to use the state's outline in its sticker design.

To preserve some of the challenge, we'll hide these shapes and offer clues within the questions.

This state is bordered by Georgia, Florida, Mississippi and Tennessee.

Alabama

Louisiana

Arkansas

Kentucky

Some of country music's biggest stars got their start in this state. Can you guess the place?

Tennessee

Michigan

Georgia

Texas

This state borders Lake Erie to the north and Kentucky to the south.

Oklahoma

Montana

Nevada

Ohio

The presidential race could come down to a single electoral vote. Which state's unusual Electoral College vote may prove decisive?

Wisconsin

Iowa

Idaho

Nebraska

Classic and Nondescript

Some sticker designs don't rock the boat.

While creativity reigns at this state's annual fair, its sticker takes a more basic, matter-of-fact approach, and has been a mainstay at polls for more than 30 years.

Kentucky

Minnesota

Kansas

Montana

The number of stars on this sticker are a trademark of which city?

Chicago

San Francisco

Seattle

Phoenix

Vivid and Unconventional

If not for their text, it might be hard to tell these creative designs have anything to do with the voting process.

The design of this sticker uses Tlingit formline design and, in addition to English, includes languages of indigenous groups from this state.

South Dakota

Alaska

Washington

Massachusetts

Voters say hello to this sticker when they vote by mail in this state.

California

Florida

Hawaii

Indiana

This sticker design is one of three winners in the elementary and middle-school contest held by which swing state?

Colorado

Arizona

Michigan

Montana