Sticker Contest - Details and Requirements

Calling all Kingstonians: You're invited to submit your designs for Kingston's 2026 "I Voted" and "Future Voter" stickers!

Kingston voters are headed to the polls on October 26, 2026! Help us design this year's voter stickers. We're collecting design submissions until July 3, 2026. The election team will review all submissions and choose a shortlist that will open for public voting. The design receiving the most online votes during the voting period will win the contest.

The winning stickers will be available to voters and future voters at voting locations and winners will receive a sheet of their stickers to keep!

Eligibility:

  • "I Voted" sticker: Open to all Kingston residents*
  • "Future Voter" sticker: Open to youth aged 17 and under (with parental consent)
  • Only one sticker submission per participant

*Please note that advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible to participate. City employees and immediate family members (spouses, children, parents and siblings) may submit designs, but are not eligible to win.

All submissions must:

  • Include exact wording: "I Voted" or "Future Voter"
  • Fit within the design template available here.
  • Be original artwork
  • Be digital designs or hand-drawn artwork (scanned and photographed clearly)
  • Not permitted:
    • AI-generated artwork
    • Copyrighted or trademarked images, logos, or characters
    • Political party logos, slogans, or candidate references
    • Offensive, discriminatory, or commercial content

Ready to submit your design? Follow these steps:

  1. Review the rules and requirements below.
  2. Download the sticker template here.
  3. Create your design and upload it using the submission form before Friday, July 3 at 4 p.m.
    • You can also send your PDF or JPG design files to GetInvolvedKingston@CityofKingston.ca or drop it off at the Elections Office in City Hall or the front desk of any City recreation facility or KFPL library branch.
  4. Keep your eyes peeled for the shortlist announcement later this summer!
By participating, each participant and the Winning Participant agree that:
a) artwork is their own original work and not based on any pre-existing work;
b) no third-party intellectual property, including AI-generated content, is used; and
c) the City receives full ownership of winning designs and rights to reproduce, distribute and/or use designs in any format.


The City reserves the right to disqualify submissions not meeting requirements, not select a winner if standards are not met, and make minor modifications for print quality or other purposes deemed necessary by the City.

General Requirements

  • All Contest entries obtained through unauthorized sources or which are incomplete, illegible, mutilated, altered, reproduced, forged, offensive, irregular or fraudulent in any way or otherwise not in compliance with these rules and regulations are automatically void.
  • The City will be the sole and final reference source in validating the winning design.
  • By participating, each participant and the winning participant agree: (a) to be bound by the Contest rules and regulations and the decisions of the City; (b) to release and hold harmless the City, its employees, elected officials, agents and representatives including advertising and promotion agencies, from any and all liability for claims/damages including, but not limited to claims/damages for personal injury, for property damage with respect to participation in the Contest; and (c) to permit the City to use the participant’s name, address, city and province for advertising or publicity purposes without any additional compensation to the participant.
  • The decisions of the City in relation to this Contest will be final and binding on all participants.
  • The City shall not be responsible for incorrect or inaccurate transcription or registration of Contest entry information, technical malfunctions, lost/delayed data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, faulty, incomplete, incomprehensible, or erased computer or network transmissions, line failures of any telephone network, failure of computer equipment, software, inability to access any online service or web site, inability to submit a vote, or any other error or malfunction, or any injury or damage to participant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this Contest, or for late, lost, stolen or misdirected entries.
  • The City reserves the right to cancel, terminate, or suspend this Contest, at its sole discretion, in the event of a technical failure, computer virus or bug, unauthorized human intervention, fraud or any other occurrence or cause beyond its control that corrupts or adversely affects the administration, security, fairness or normal operation of the Contest.
  • The Contest is subject to all Federal, Provincial and local laws, as well as the rules adopted in view of said laws. The personal information provided to enter the Contest will be used only to administer the Contest, and for no other reason.
  • All entries will become the sole property of the City and may be displayed publicly on its website.
  • The winning participant agrees to transfer all his/her/its rights, title and interest in and to the design to the City in accordance with the rules and regulations of the contest.

Notice of Collection

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