Six New Hampshire students have given Granite State voters another reason to head to the polls next year: a new batch of “I Voted” stickers.
10-year-old Mahima Singh of Lebanon was one of nearly 3,000 students to enter the New Hampshire Secretary of State Office’s sticker contest and one of six to win. Singh packed a lot within the 2-inch circle, including the silhouette of the Old Man of the Mountain. She gave him a bit of a makeover.
“When you actually see it… he's very, like, strict and stuff,” Singh said. “So I just drew him with a smile so he'd look a little better.”
She put the state’s license plate under him - with its famous Live Free of Die motto, a phrase Singh said she likes: “It's, like, very clear and understandable.”
And there’s more. A moose, which she hopes to see one day, Mount Washington, which she hopes to hike, and a “First in the Nation” presidential primary banner.
Singh learned Thursday she was one of the winners. She thanked her parents for their support and her fourth grade teacher, who taught her about New Hampshire’s history.
“I want to give a big shout out to her because she was like the best teacher ever,” Singh said.
The other winners, all fourth or fifth graders, included Bianca Prizio of Milford, Sadie Winter of Windham, Evelyn Meyer of Chester, Nirali Batra of Etna, and Sierra Winslow of Nottingham.
The state started the contest two years ago.
