School children in Cumberland County are invited to enter the Cumberland County Board of Elections’ inaugural “I Voted” sticker design contest.
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – School children in Cumberland County are invited to enter the Cumberland County Board of Elections’ inaugural “I Voted” sticker design contest. The winning sticker design will be used during the 2024 General Election in the County.
The contest is open to students in Cumberland County in grades 6 – 12 enrolled in public, private and charter schools as well as home-schooled students. The Board of Elections is currently accepting sticker designs. Contestants must have written consent from their parent, guardian or custodian. Each contestant will be allowed to submit one sticker design.
Sticker designs must be a 4-inch circle format capable of being reduced to a 2-inch format. The design must incorporate Cumberland County symbols, landmarks and voting themes. Submissions must be in JPEG, PNG or PDF formats.
The deadline for the Cumberland County Board of Elections to receive sticker contest submissions is Dec. 15, 2023, no later than 5 p.m. The form may be returned in person, by U.S. Mail, or submitted electronically via the website. Send mailed forms to Cumberland County Board of Elections, 227 Fountainhead Lane, Suite 101, Fayetteville, NC 28301.
To download the submission form and to submit electronically, go to cumberlandcountync.gov/departments/election-group/elections/sticker-design-contest.
The “I Voted” sticker contest will consist of three rounds of voting to choose a winning design. In the first round, all approved sticker designs will be displayed on the Cumberland County Board of Elections website for 30 days. Members of the public will vote for 10 sticker designs to advance to round two.
In round two, members of the public will again be able to vote for sticker designs. The top three designs selected during round two will advance to the final round. The Cumberland County Board of Elections members and the Elections director will vote for one winning “I Voted” sticker design from the three finalists. The sticker voted by a majority of the Board of Elections members will be declared the contest winner.
The “I Voted” sticker contest is nonpartisan. Submissions with any reference or suggestion to party affiliation or political issues that may have appeared on a ballot will not be accepted.
See the complete contest rules to include policy and acknowledgement forms online at
cumberlandcountync.gov/departments/election-group/elections/sticker-design-contest.
The Cumberland County Board of Elections is located in the E. Newton Smith Center at 227 Fountainhead Lane, Fayetteville, N.C. For more information, call 910-678-7733 or visit cumberlandcountync.gov/elections.