This morning Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin unveiled this year’s “I voted” sticker. Designed by New Orleans artist Becky Fos, it’s a brightly colored painting of the state capitol building done in oil. The theme of her artwork is “Happy Artist” and Fos hopes it will make voters happy when they see it.
“And I also hope that when people see the “I voted” sticker it challenges and inspires people who normally wouldn’t vote to go out and vote,” Fos says.
Fos did the work at no charge. Ardoin says it costs the state about 15 thousand dollars to print 2.2 million stickers for the upcoming fall election. He says no one has ever complained about the cost, but voters complain when they run out. He also believes they help increase voter turnout.
“A lot of folks, as soon as they’ve finished voting, they take a selfie and they post it on their Facebook or their Instagram,” Ardoin says.
Fos says she used vibrant colors to paint the state capitol.
“And I wanted to capture the spirit, the essence, and the colorful brightness of our great state of Louisiana and I wanted to make it the happiest piece of artwork that anyone has ever seen,” she added.
Previous “I voted” stickers have been extremely popular and you can still find them on eBay.
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