Dallas student designs revamped ‘I Voted’ sticker for elections

Kernell Slack isn’t sufficiently old to vote but, however his prints are throughout Dallas’ polling locations.

The 17-year-old Townview pupil gained a contest to revamp the basic “I Voted” sticker that reveals up in now-ubiquitous Election Day selfies. His design incorporates a model of the town skyline, framed by the phrases: “I VOTED. YOU CAN TOO.”

He settled on that language to “encourage folks to get out and vote,” he stated.

“They’d see the sticker and train their proper, as properly,” Kernell stated.

The competition – a partnership by March to the Polls, Dallas County Elections Division, Elevate Your Hand Texas and The Dallas Examiner – aimed to advertise civic engagement, stated Kaylan Smith, an advocacy director at RYHT.

“The aim was to get college students excited in regards to the election,” Smith stated.

The competition drew in dozens of submissions from college students and adults, with two designs finally rising to the highest.

Camila Correa Bourdeau, with March to the Polls, stated the message on Kernell’s sticker stood out as a result of it spoke to the concept, by taking part in elections, you could be a part of one thing larger than your self.

Tens of 1000’s of his stickers have been printed and distributed to county polling locations, she stated.

Voter turnout amongst younger folks traditionally lags. Officers concerned within the contest hoped the sticker contest may spark some vitality.

“Lots of people see voting as this apathetic factor. We needed to construct some pleasure,” Bourdeau stated.

When Kernell is sufficiently old to vote, he’ll be trying to forged his poll for politicians who take local weather change critically. However whereas he waits, he’s nonetheless getting concerned within the democratic course of.

Dallas ISD college students have been off Tuesday as campuses closed for safety causes. Trustees anxious in regards to the security threat of maintaining college students at school whereas voters steamed inside buildings to forged their ballots.

So Kernell used his time to function an elections clerk.

“It’s enjoyable to do,” he stated, “to assist with democracy.”

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