Voters in Hardin County and elsewhere in Kentucky will see some local stylings when they head to the polls in 2026.
Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams has announced that Bluegrass Middle School student Alyson Marinich is the winner of his office’s “I Voted” sticker contest.
“It was really surprising and big, kind of unexpected,” Marinich said. “I don’t really do big things like this.”
Marinich entered the contest as part of Richard Rowland’s social studies class. Her design features a horse with a rose garland.
“The horse is inspired by my grandma’s horse, Chip, and the roses were for the ‘Run for the Roses,’” Marinich said.
Rowland said he was excited to see his students get excited for the contest and to take an interest in elections, and he had high praise for Marinich.
“Alyson is one of those quietly humble kids that does a lot of heavy lifting to fly under the radar, and I’m really glad and thrilled that a student like her had the opportunity to do this, that had the opportunity to be a finalist for the ballot, and then not only did she win, she walked away with the vote,” Rowland said.
After the Secretary of State’s office picked the finalists, visitors to the Kentucky State Fair cast their votes for their favorite designs. Marinich’s sticker will be sent to Hardin County, and other county clerk’s offices may request her design as well.
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