Kids redesign 'I voted' stickers for Election Day

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THREE VERMONT KIDS WILL SEE THEIR ARTWORK WORN BY VOTERS THIS ELECTION SEASON. IN THE FORM OF ORIGINAL "I VOTED" STICKERS. SEVEN DAYS AND SEVERAL PARTNERS HELD A STICKER DESIGN CONTEST AS PART OF THEIR "2024 GOOD CITIZEN CHALLENGE." THIS IS THE WINNING ENTRY -- FROM 10 YEAR OLD KEZIA (kuh- ZEE-uh) WARFISCH OF WOLCOTT. VOTERS IN WOLCOTT WILL NOW GET ONE OF HER STICKERS AFTER THEY VOTE. MORE THAN 80 KIDS FROM ACROSS THE STATE ENTERED ARTWORK INTO THE CONTEST -- WHICH WAS JUDGED BY STAFF MEMBERS OF SEVEN DAYS, THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE, AND A PANEL OF CITY AND TOWN CLERKS. <WHAT I WAS REALLY HOPING TO GET OUT OF IT WAS TO GIVE KIDS A FUN AND EXCITING WAY TO GET INVOLVED IN THE VOTING PROCESS. OBVIOUSLY, THEY CAN'T VOTE. BUT THIS WAS A WAY WAS A WAY TO INVOLVE THEM IN GETTING TO THE POLLS AND INSPIRING ADULTS, HOPEFULLY, TO DO THE SAME.> TWO RUNNERS- UP WERE ALSO CHOSEN: LYLE JOHNSON AND WILLA SAUNDERS. BOTH OF THEM LIVE IN BURLINGTON. SO BURLINGTON VOTERS WILL GET TO CHOOSE ONE OF THEIR "I VOTED" STICKERS AS THEY LEAVE THEIR POLLING PLACES. <AD LIB> AHEAD AT 5:30-- <NEWS (áááNBC5 TRANSááá) CHANNEL 5 TRAN

Three Vermont kids will see their artwork worn by voters this election season, in the form of original "I voted" stickers.Seven Days, the Vermont Secretary of State's office, and several partners held a sticker design contest as part of their 2024 Good Citizen Challenge. The winning entry was from Kezia Warfisch, 10, of Wolcott. After voters in Wolcott cast their ballots, they will receive a sticker featuring Warfisch's artwork.More than 80 kids from across the state entered artwork into the contest, which was judged by staff members of Seven Days, the Vermont Secretary of State's office, and a panel of city and town clerks."What I was really hoping to get out of it was to give kids a fun and exciting way to get involved in the voting process," said Cathy Resmer, the deputy publisher of Seven Days. "Obviously, they can't vote. But this was a way to involve them in getting to the polls and inspiring adults, hopefully, to do the same."The judging panel also chose two runners-up, Lyle Johnson and Willa Saunders. Both children live in Burlington, so Burlington voters will get a chance to choose one of their "I voted" stickers as they leave their polling places.The sticker design project was just one of a wide range of activities more than 250 kids got involved with this past summer, Resmer said."They picked up trash in their communities," Resmer said, offering one example of activities kids dove into for the 2024 Good Citizen Challenge. "They read the news and watched the news on TV. And they raised money for local organizations. We had kids raise hundreds of dollars for flood relief, for Intervale farmers, kids raising money for the Franklin County animal rescue. All kinds of different local charities. And in each one of these activities, the lesson wasn't so much that they were 'getting to the right answer.' It was really giving them an opportunity to participate and reflect on 'why do we participate?'"Resmer said organizers hope to make the "I voted" sticker design contest a tradition for future Good Citizen Challenges.

Three Vermont kids will see their artwork worn by voters this election season, in the form of original "I voted" stickers.

Seven Days, the Vermont Secretary of State's office, and several partners held a sticker design contest as part of their 2024 Good Citizen Challenge. The winning entry was from Kezia Warfisch, 10, of Wolcott. After voters in Wolcott cast their ballots, they will receive a sticker featuring Warfisch's artwork.

More than 80 kids from across the state entered artwork into the contest, which was judged by staff members of Seven Days, the Vermont Secretary of State's office, and a panel of city and town clerks.

"What I was really hoping to get out of it was to give kids a fun and exciting way to get involved in the voting process," said Cathy Resmer, the deputy publisher of Seven Days. "Obviously, they can't vote. But this was a way to involve them in getting to the polls and inspiring adults, hopefully, to do the same."

The judging panel also chose two runners-up, Lyle Johnson and Willa Saunders. Both children live in Burlington, so Burlington voters will get a chance to choose one of their "I voted" stickers as they leave their polling places.

The sticker design project was just one of a wide range of activities more than 250 kids got involved with this past summer, Resmer said.

"They picked up trash in their communities," Resmer said, offering one example of activities kids dove into for the 2024 Good Citizen Challenge. "They read the news and watched the news on TV. And they raised money for local organizations. We had kids raise hundreds of dollars for flood relief, for Intervale farmers, kids raising money for the Franklin County animal rescue. All kinds of different local charities. And in each one of these activities, the lesson wasn't so much that they were 'getting to the right answer.' It was really giving them an opportunity to participate and reflect on 'why do we participate?'"

Resmer said organizers hope to make the "I voted" sticker design contest a tradition for future Good Citizen Challenges.

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