In the end, the second annual Ulster County “I Voted” sticker contest was a landslide, with an irreverent submission by 14-year-old Hudson Rowan, a freshman at Rondout Valley High School.
Rowan earned over 228,000 votes in the month-long, six-way race that ended last week, around 93 percent of all votes cast. To put that into demographic perspective, according to the 2020 U.S. Census, Ulster County has 181,851 residents.
Instead of using traditional patriotic motifs, Rowan submitted a drawing of a wild-eyed, widely smiling human head on insect legs rendered in bold psychedelic colors. The contest quickly went viral on social media, leading to coverage by the New York Times, NPR, CBS News and other media outlets around the globe.
Even a 14 year old can see how crazy the elections have become.
But that doesn’t go look like a 14 year old’s signature. Hmmm,
It’s been a long time since you were fourteen.
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