The United States of 'I Voted!' Stickers

In exchange for casting a ballot, millions of U.S. voters leave the polls with a lingering sense of personal satisfaction—and a sticker. The tradition’s origins are a little murky, but many of these colorful tokens of democracy are now delightfully place-specific. Georgia’s, for instance, bears a juicy peach. Ohio’s features the state’s silhouette. Lady Liberty stars on New York City’s. In Las Vegas, you get a panorama of the Las Vegas Strip, from palm trees to pyramids.

Louisiana rolled out a new sticker this year, emblazoned with an iconic image by the late painter George Rodrigue, who often depicted Louisiana-centric scenes. (The original is in the collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art.) Secretary of State Tom Schedler hoped the sticker upgrade would drum up higher foot traffic at the polls, the AP reported last month. Some folks are already peddling them on eBay.