[4] In 2022, Ulster County, New York held its second annual youth design competition for "I Voted" stickers.

[5] The first design submitted in the competition[6] was from 14-year-old Hudson Rowan of Marbletown through email,[7][8] described by The Guardian as "a skull-like head with bloodshot eyes and multicolored teeth sitting atop turquoise spider legs."

On the morning of April 20, election commissioner Ashley Dittus saw Rowan's submission and shared it with her colleagues; the board passed the design on to be included in the final contest to be held for public voting through their website,[9] which was additionally open to non-residents.

[15] Before the afternoon of July 7, both the Times Herald-Record as well as WAMC recorded Rowan's design having around 37,000 votes, or 94% of the total count.

[12] Later that day, WTXF-TV recorded Rowan's design having over 130,000 votes, which was more than Ulster County's largest voter turnout in history during the 2020 election.