UMSL Students Design Midterm 'I Voted' Stickers
Art and design students at the University of Missouri-St. Louis created the campus-themed stickers handed out to early voters.
Updated on Nov. 3, 2026 in Civic Engagement
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Early voting opened October 20 at the Millennium Student Center at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, where voters receive UMSL-themed 'I Voted' stickers designed by graphic design students as a class assignment. The sticker project is a collaboration between the Department of Art and Design and the Department of Political Science and Economics.
Why it matters
The project links classroom work to civic participation on campus, giving students a direct role in encouraging turnout for the midterm election. It also reflects a continuing effort, with students designing stickers for elections every two years since 2022.
Six students in the course were registered to vote this year by Anita Manion, and the sticker design project has run every two years since 2022. The number of stickers printed and total voter turnout at the campus site were not reported.
The players
University of Missouri-St. Louis
A public research university in St. Louis whose Department of Art and Design and Department of Political Science and Economics ran the sticker collaboration and campus voter outreach.
Anita Manion
A UMSL political science faculty member who co-taught the 2020 election course and helped register six students to vote this year.
David Kimball
A UMSL political science faculty member who visited the design course to evaluate the stickers and gather student feedback before choosing winners.
Michael Behle
A UMSL art faculty member who co-curated an art exhibit on the Politics of Portraiture with Anita Manion.
The details
Students created the sticker designs as a graphic design class assignment. Faculty visited the course to discuss voting and evaluate the stickers, taking student feedback before selecting the winning designs.
Timeline
2020: Departments co-taught a course on that year's presidential election.
2022: Students began designing stickers for elections every two years.
October 20: Early voting opened at the Millennium Student Center.
November 3: Party at the Polls held at the Fireside Lounge, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
Seasonal Patterns
The sticker project continues an interdepartmental model first built around UMSL's 2020 presidential election course, which has since become a recurring biennial tradition with the design effort repeated every two years since 2022. The current midterm cycle extends that pattern to the campus's early-voting site at the Millennium Student Center.
Voters casting ballots at the Millennium Student Center during early voting can receive the UMSL-themed 'I Voted' sticker. Those on campus on Election Day can attend the Party at the Polls at the Fireside Lounge from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The takeaway
Campus voting efforts that connect classroom projects with the polling site can make participation more visible for students. Checking early voting locations and Election Day events on campus is a simple way to plan a ballot.
What happens next
Election Day party at the Fireside Lounge in the Millennium Student Center runs from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
Further reading
Explore more on Civic Engagement in St. Louis to see how local campuses and residents participate in elections.
Source note: This article includes information reported by STLtoday.
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