The City of Kingston is calling on residents to design the official “I Voted” and “Future Voter” stickers for this fall’s municipal election. The contest is open now and runs until Friday, July 3, 2026, at 4 p.m., giving local artists of all ages a chance to see their work at polling stations across the city.
There are two ways to take part. Anyone living in Kingston can submit a design for the “I Voted” sticker, while a separate youth category invites kids 17 and under to create a “Future Voter” sticker with a parent or guardian’s consent. All entries must be original and cannot include AI-made artwork, party logos, slogans, candidate references, offensive material, or commercial content. Advertising and promotion agencies and their staff are not allowed to enter, and although city employees and their immediate family can hand in designs, they are not eligible to win.
People can submit their artwork through the Get Involved Kingston portal, by email, or by dropping it off at City Hall, any city recreation centre, or a Kingston Frontenac Public Library branch. After the deadline, a city review panel will pick a shortlist of favourites, and the public will then vote online for the winners. The top designs will be printed and handed out at voting locations during Advance Voting Days on October 16 and 17, and on Voting Day itself, October 26, 2026. Winners will also keep a sheet of their stickers as a souvenir, while the city gets full ownership and the right to reproduce the artwork.
Election sticker contests have become a popular way to build community excitement in municipalities across Ontario. Cobourg, for instance, is running a similar contest for its 2026 election. Kingston launched its version as the candidate nomination period opened on May 1 and runs until August 21, 2026, giving residents plenty of time to get involved in the lead-up to voting day.
