Fairfax City K-12 Students Invited To Design 2024 Election Stickers

FAIRFAX CITY, VA — Even though they may not be old enough to vote, K-12 students in the City of Fairfax can still contribute to the 2024 election by designing the stickers that will be given to voters on election day.

This year's Sticker Design Contest is a joint effort by the city's Office of Elections and Commission on the Arts. It's open to any city resident who attends a public or private school in the City of Fairfax in grades K-12. City residents who are homeschooled within city limits are also eligible.

Students in grades K-6 can submit designs for a "Future Voter" sticker, while students in grades 7-12 can submit designs for an "I Voted" sticker.

“The purpose of the I Voted sticker contest is to engage and teach students about their civic duties," General Registrar, Wannicha Rojanaprdith told Patch in an email. "By participating in designing the ‘I Voted' and Future Voter' stickers, we hope to instill long-term civic engagements and encourage students to vote regularly once they become eligible to do so.”

The 2024 Sticker Design Contest kicked off on Jan. 15 and all entries must be received on or before April 12. Late entries will not accepted.

There is no fee to participate in the contest, but all entries must include a copy of the original artwork, a completed entry form and a signature of consent by a parent or legal guardian. Designs can be submitted by website, mail or in-person to: Election Sticker Project Suite 123, 10455 Armstrong St., Fairfax VA 22030.

Design Requirements

• The artwork must be able to fit on a circular sticker that is 2-inches in diameter. To guarantee print quality, please submit the original artwork. You can submit a vector file or a high-resolution JPEG file with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi as an electronic supplement to the original artwork. The original artwork will not be returned.
• The artwork must include the phrase “I Voted” or “Future Voter”, as is appropriate for each contest. The artwork must contain the theme of voting and reference the City of Fairfax by words or images.
• The artwork may NOT contain words or images that are obscene, inappropriate, or defamatory, according to the judgement of the judges.
• The artwork may NOT contain any words, symbols, or images that are partisan in nature to any political party, ideological thought, etc.
• Words or images for the “I Voted” sticker may, but are not required to, reference the year 2024 and/or specifically the presidential election.

A panel of judges made up of members of the City of Fairfax Commission on the Arts, Election Board and City of Fairfax School Board will review the entries and pick the top three in both categories. Then, the public will be able to vote to determine which of the three designs in each categories is the winner.

Entry forms and a full set of the rules can be found on the City of Fairfax website.