‘I Voted’ sticker contest features Michigan students’ artwork

CADILLAC — Voting is currently underway for the Michigan Department of State’s inaugural “I Voted” sticker contest.

More than 480 submissions were sent in. The top 25 submissions in three categories are available for the public to vote on, with one winner selected from each category.

You can vote for the winners until the end of July. Winners will be announced in August and will receive special recognition from Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. Winning stickers will be available for election clerks to order for the November election.

Contestants are from across the state, representing a variety of school districts, communities and age groups. Here’s the full list:

ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE SCHOOL CONTESTANTS

• Haden Burrell – Hesperia Community Schools
• Jane Hynous – Brownell Middle School
• Gabby Warner – Rockford
• Ryan Topham – St. Thomas Aquinas Parish School
• Avery Kahkonen – Arvon Township School
• Alisa Mui - Frost Middle School
• Hailey Hue – East Rockford Middle School
• Zoie Brake – Frost Middle School
• Olivia Harrison – Frost Middle School
• Madeline Lee – Grissom Middle School
• Annalyse Wallace – Taylor
• Layla Azure – Frost Middle School
• Wayne Freeman – Au Gres-Sims School District
• Riley Chevalier – Michigan International Prep School
• Roman Salazar – Forsythe Middle School
• Ashley Paulson – Oxford Middle School
• Mikayla Yeaw – Wyoming
• Willa Worden – Oxford Middle School
• Sophie Huston – Southfield
• Macie McCausland – Frost Middle School
• Luci Delano – Oxford Middle School
• Araminta Widby – Arvon Township School
• Jesse McDonough – Oxford Middle School

HIGH SCHOOL CONTESTANTS

• Keara Aderman – Gladstone High School
• Kaylee Kourakis – Gull Lake High School
• Graci Gartland – Gladstone High School
• Savannah Olesinski – Thurston High School
• Evalyna Mei – East Kentwood High School
• Chantell Moss – Thurston High School
• Annabella Cochrill – New Haven
• Shanon Kawata – Community High School of Ann Arbor
• Michelle Lekhtman – West Bloomfield High School
• Sage Tuskan – Gladstone High School
• Olivia Smiertka – Holly High School
• Nicholas Rodgers – Plymouth-Canton Educational Park
• Bryce Stewart – Almont High School
• Idyll Fay Villarin – Woodhaven High School
• Lucas Barker – Gull Lake Community Schools
• Grayson Cooksey – Onaway High School
• Cameron LaVigne – Gladstone High School
• Tasnim Rahman – Hamtramck High School
• Lyric Conway – West Bloomfield High School
• Abigail Jones – Almont High School
• Nicholas Rodgers – Plymouth-Canton Educational Park
• Adie Tryan – Gladstone High School
• Rylee Fraaza – Gull Lake High School
• Daniella Aldabbagh – West Bloomfield High School
• Andrew Brasher – Alma High School

GENERAL SUBMISSION CONTESTANTS

• Christina Castilla – Lansing
• Patrick Rogers – Ada
• Carissa Smith – Grandville
• Sarah Pohl – Fenton
• Cole Allen – Ypsilanti
• Kerri Neymeiyer – Howard City
• Hannah Howery – Grand Rapids
• Lydia Ellison – Sranac
• Janette Scott-Lucas – Kalamazoo
• Madelyn VerVaecke – Livonia
• Kelsey Winiarski – Livonia
• Patrick Rogers – Ada
• Michael Crawford – Genesee Career Institute
• Emily Buckley -- Ann Arbor
• Mason Sultana – Dearborn
• Breanna Tanner – Grand Rapids
• MaKayla Burns – Rockford
• Anastasia Greer – Marquette
• MaKayla Burns – Rockford
• Madelyn VerVaecke – Livonia
• Naomi Barbour – Ypsilanti
• Jacob Adams – Ypsilanti Township
• Lorelei Mortimer – Northern Michigan University
• Nicholas Conde – Northville
• Jacob Adams – Ypsilanti Township