Sacramento Cartoonist Rewards Early Voters With Cards

Eben Burgoon, a Sacramento-based cartoonist and former poll worker, is designing custom trading cards to give to early voters.

Updated on Nov. 4, 2026 in Civic Engagement

Stack of blank cream trading cards on a wooden table beside a clear acrylic ballot box, lit by warm window sunlight. — Sacramento cartoonist Eben Burgoon is handing out custom voting-themed trading cards to early voters as the Sacramento Public Library opens 13 additional voting centers. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

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Sacramento cartoonist Eben Burgoon creates custom trading cards that he gives to early voters as a reward. The effort comes as Sacramento Public Library opened 13 additional voting centers this weekend.

Why it matters

Burgoon's cards add a creative incentive to participation in Sacramento elections, where he has worked as a poll worker for several years. The added voting centers give residents more places to cast ballots as Election Day approaches.

Sacramento Public Library opened 13 additional voting centers this weekend, and 26 of its branches have ballot drop boxes available. Five branches offer drive-thru drop boxes while polls are open, and the number of cards Burgoon has distributed was not reported.

The players

Eben Burgoon

Eben Burgoon is a Sacramento-based cartoonist who has worked as a poll worker and creates voting-themed artwork and trading cards.

Sacramento Public Library

Sacramento Public Library is the city's public library system, which opened additional voting centers and hosts ballot drop boxes at its branches.

The details

Burgoon designs custom trading cards featuring voting-themed artwork, including pieces titled "The Vote-a-Lisa," inspired by the Mona Lisa, and "The Great Wave off Votagawa," based on The Great Wave off Kanagawa. He also decorates voting centers with ballot-inspired pieces, a practice that began with doodles he made during downtime as a poll worker.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Sacramento County urgently sought poll workers, and Burgoon began volunteering.
Over the last several years, Burgoon has worked elections in Sacramento.
This weekend, Sacramento Public Library opened 13 additional voting centers.
Election Day is November 3, 2026, when all Sacramento Public Library locations are open for voting.

Civic Roots

Burgoon's volunteering began when Sacramento County urgently sought poll workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and his present-day art extends that effort into voter outreach. The added library voting centers reflect the county's continued push to widen access to the ballot.

Sacramento voters can cast ballots at any of the 13 newly opened Sacramento Public Library voting centers, or drop them off at one of 26 library branches with drop boxes. Five of those branches offer drive-thru drop boxes while polls are open.

The takeaway

Civic participation often grows from small, personal efforts, and Burgoon's artwork shows how creativity can make voting more approachable. Checking your nearest library voting center or drop box before Election Day can make casting a ballot simpler.