The votes are in: The horse won.
In an Election Day tradition, many voters in Kentucky will be given an “I Voted” sticker when they leave the polls this November. But this year, state officials solicited designs from school-aged children across the state, and residents voted this month on the winner.
The winning design, announced Monday by Secretary of State Michael Adams, features a drawing of a horse overlaid on a tattered flag submitted by Carlisle County middle schooler Lillian Bonczkiewicz.
“Thanks to everyone who voted for me, and thanks to my family for the support and believing in me,” Lillian said in a news release from Adams’ office.
Adams said Lillian’s drawing narrowly beat a design from a second-grade student named Cash that took the internet by storm last week.
Cash’s design featured a Spider-Man villain named Dr. Curt Connors, also known as The Lizard. In Marvel’s Spider-Man Comics, Connors tests out a regeneration serum based on lizard DNA in an effort to regrow his arm.