TC Voted the Best...for Stickers?

May 27, 2023

Traverse City won another award? Cue the cheers and groans! But this time around, it wasn’t for our lakes or beaches or restaurants or wineries or the million other attractions in this corner of northern Michigan. Instead, the City of Traverse City topped the charts of the national Clearinghouse Awards—put on by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC)—for their “I Voted” sticker campaign that ran from 2020-2022. (That’s a new one, right?) Traverse City was one of only three communities across the entire county honored with this EAC award. The campaign included designs from local artists for three sticker categories: I Voted, Future Voter, and First Time Voter. A contest was held each year, with the winners put in print and highlighted in post-voting selfie spots for local elections. Three cheers for TC and the winning artists: Roger Amundsen (I Voted, 2020); Paige LaMott, Hanna Stalmack, and Ronin Wilson (Future Voter, 2021); and Morgan Orth, Amanda Campo, and Connor Primeau (First Time Voter, 2022).