# How cool is your 'I voted' sticker? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 27, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-your-i-voted-sticker/924061 "2020-10-27T20:43:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-your-i-voted-sticker/924061/1 "2020-10-27T20:43:36Z")
Took an hour and a half but I voted yesterday. This is the first time New York state has early in person voting and the people showed up. The wait was worth if just for this cool sticker. [![](https://i.imgur.com/PY7fyuE.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/PY7fyuE.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-your-i-voted-sticker/924061/2 "2020-10-27T20:55:39Z")
I just have a standard run of the mill sticker, but I stuck it onto my mask. ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-your-i-voted-sticker/924061/3 "2020-10-27T21:06:10Z")
They ran out of stickers at my polling place, so they gave me one that says “Future Voter”. I assume they were not encouraging voter fraud. 😆 The cool thing is that they also gave us a stylus to use on our touch-screen voting machines. At first I throwing away the stylus, but then I remembered they can come in handy when you are using your phone with gloves on. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-your-i-voted-sticker/924061/4 "2020-10-27T21:15:05Z")
I dropped my ballot off at the ballot box so I didn’t get one. [Ohio’s were re-done this year](https://www.ohiosos.gov/globalassets/media-center/2020primarytoolkit/ivt_final.png) (I think it was this year?) so I was hoping to get one but no such luck. I just noticed that they included the Lake Erie Islands on outline of Ohio on the sticker. Pretty neat! _Last Week Tonight_ mentioned that Louisiana’s stickers are pretty awesome. I tend to agree. [![](https://media.wwltv.com/assets/WWL/images/e2a2784e-d52c-4618-9828-38b626821de8/e2a2784e-d52c-4618-9828-38b626821de8_750x422.png) ](https://media.wwltv.com/assets/WWL/images/e2a2784e-d52c-4618-9828-38b626821de8/e2a2784e-d52c-4618-9828-38b626821de8_750x422.png) ---
**Author:** ![Ranch\_Dip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranch_dip/32/5238_2.png) [@Ranch\_Dip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranch_Dip)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-your-i-voted-sticker/924061/5 "2020-10-27T21:17:51Z")
No sticker here. But I voted. I checked status and they received it 10/23/20. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-your-i-voted-sticker/924061/6 "2020-10-27T22:25:44Z")
> [@Allecher](#): > > They ran out of stickers at my polling place, so they gave me one that says “Future Voter”. This was their subtle way of telling you, “We’re not counting your vote.” I don’t get one this year (mailed it in). I stick the previous ones on the stock of my gun. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-your-i-voted-sticker/924061/7 "2020-10-27T22:33:03Z")
That is one badass-looking pelican. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-your-i-voted-sticker/924061/8 "2020-10-27T22:35:07Z")
I was only vaguely aware of “I voted” stickers until all the chatter this year. I guess Washington never had them, or I was otherwise oblivious. Maybe I’ll create my own. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-your-i-voted-sticker/924061/9 "2020-10-27T22:40:23Z")
None for me this year. One of the downsides of voting absentee. 😔 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-your-i-voted-sticker/924061/10 "2020-10-27T22:44:12Z")
We dropped our ballots in a box outside the county’s Board of Elections office. I was disappointed that the box didn’t dispense a sticker when you put your envelope in. 😛 But we did get emails saying they received our ballots, so we’re good. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-your-i-voted-sticker/924061/11 "2020-10-28T00:01:33Z")
I mailed in an absentee ballot so I don’t get one. 😞 ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-your-i-voted-sticker/924061/12 "2020-10-28T00:25:19Z")
They are terrible around here. Just a slip of paper. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-your-i-voted-sticker/924061/13 "2020-10-28T03:15:56Z")
The only evidence I voted is… wait. I _was_ going to say that the only evidence was one less stamp in the old cigar box I keep stamps in, but Oregon no longer requires a stamp to mail a ballot, so I guess there is no evidence I voted. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-your-i-voted-sticker/924061/14 "2020-10-28T03:32:00Z")
Our state has had universal mail-in voting for 15 years. We don’t have stickers. At least we can track our ballots online, compared to Oregon south of us. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tabco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tabco/32/7644_2.png) [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-your-i-voted-sticker/924061/15 "2020-10-28T04:53:56Z")
I tracked my ballot easily enough. I knew when it would be delivered, when it was delivered, and when the county received it. No sticker though (in Oregon). ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-your-i-voted-sticker/924061/16 "2020-10-28T04:58:28Z")
California: Mail-in ballots were sent to ALL registered voters (and also to all their ancestors and their pets, depending on who you believe 🙄 ). Included with each such mailing was a sheet of instructions, which had the “I voted” sticker on it. So I guess we are supposed to be on our honor to not display that sticker until we actually vote. It’s a very plain simple un-interesting generic “I voted” sticker. [Picture of similar sticker, along with “history of” story.](https://time.com/4541760/i-voted-sticker-history-origins/) > **[This Is the Story Behind Your 'I Voted' Sticker](https://time.com/4541760/i-voted-sticker-history-origins/)** > > The common Election Day sight has mysterious origins, but the reason it matters is clear ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-your-i-voted-sticker/924061/17 "2020-10-28T07:46:27Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > It’s a very plain simple un-interesting generic “I voted” sticker. Yeah, that’s the one I would have gotten, if they weren’t out of them at the particular moment I passed through the voting location. Bastards. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-your-i-voted-sticker/924061/18 "2020-10-28T10:34:58Z")
Boring – red circle with white lettering “I Voted”. I will likely bike to my poling place (though it isn’t a long walk) and stick it to my bike. Brian ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-your-i-voted-sticker/924061/19 "2020-10-28T10:53:47Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Took an hour and a half but I voted yesterday. This is the first time New York state has early in person voting and the people showed up. The wait was worth if just for this cool sticker. Actually this is the second year New York State has had early voting. But first year for presidential. This year I voted absentee. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-your-i-voted-sticker/924061/20 "2020-10-28T11:50:09Z")
I always receive the generic “I Voted” sticker and assume I’ll get another on Tuesday. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cool-is-your-i-voted-sticker/924061.md?page=2)