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"I voted" sticker envy
Posted by: Ann on February 20, 2008 at 1:10PM EST
Isn't democracy great? When election day comes around, all the babbling about why you should vote for so-and-so is over and you finally get your say.

And some of us subsequently are rewarded immediately with an "I voted" sticker to announce to the world that we did our civic duty that day.

I vote in Kenosha. And every election I come into work in the afternoon wearing my large "I voted today" sticker. And every time my co-workers -- some of whom vote in various other communities -- are abuzz about it.

"Where did you get that sticker?" "How come you got a sticker and I didn't?" "I want a sticker!"

Then there are comparisons of the stickers: "Why is yours so large and mine is so small?" "Wow, in Caledonia they're 'personalized' with the village name."

The the conversation goes on -- along with the acknowledgment of how ridiculous it is.

This amuses me every year (admittedly, part if it is because they seem jealous of my sticker -- tee-hee!). But also because in the larger picture of exercising our right to vote, we still like to dwell on what's in it for us. And for some of us, our immediate prize is an "I voted" sticker.

Did you get an "I voted" sticker? Do you think they're at all important? Or is it just silly that people become fixated on them?








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Posted by: Mark Czerniec on February 20, 2008 1:48PM EST
I was offered no sticker here in Racine, so I asked about them, and was told, "Sorry, not this time."

This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but with no sticker.

Posted by: QikChick on February 20, 2008 1:55PM EST
They were sitting on top of the ballot "box" as I slid it through in Mount Pleasant. I did not take one because I voted after work and did not care to just wear it home.

Posted by: Coffeetalk on February 20, 2008 4:06PM EST
I grabbed one and wore it all day!

Posted by: karma on February 20, 2008 7:01PM EST
No stickers where I voted...don't think I ever have been given a sticker in Racine. Wondering who pays for the stickers...do we need to start a sticker fund?

Posted by: rak on February 20, 2008 10:58PM EST
No sticker where I voted either. :(


Posted by: someone on February 21, 2008 1:00AM EST
Sturtevant no stickers....I wanted one too.
I looked for them. I saw a man still wearing one today.
:((((

Posted by: Cheetahs_World on February 21, 2008 8:10AM EST
Caledonia was giving them out. I wondered who pays for them also.

Posted by: TBV on February 21, 2008 8:32AM EST
I think the stickers are silly, but if offered one I take it just to make the sweet old geezer feel useful.

Posted by: Jess from Racine on February 21, 2008 11:13AM EST
I totally agree that sticker envy, however abundant it is, is silly, at the same time, I was P***ed I did not get one, but not because I wanted to show it off, or get something for voting. I myself am a 1st time voter, and I really wanted something to take home with me to commemorate the event. I know Caledonia had them but the city for the most part did not. That’s what makes me madder then anything, have em or don’t, just proves how unorganized/cheap Racine can be.

Posted by: -=PS=- on February 22, 2008 7:49AM EST
All the Milwaukee Voters I worked with got Stickers - I was kinda' looking forward to getting one at Humble Park, but No Such Luck!

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