BACKGROUND

To refresh interest in the topic and gain attention among the public, the Alabama Secretary of State’s office hosts an annual cover art competition for upcoming election publications in the state. I submitted a cover art design for the 2022 Election Cycle, and it was selected from hundreds of submissions across the state as the cover for the 2022 Alabama Voter Guide. As the cover art designer, I visited the capitol, where I met the Secretary of State and Director of Elections.

BEHIND THE DESIGN

My vision was a stack of mail on a table with a postcard of Alabama on the top. The picture on the postcard is the capitol building in Montgomery. I continued the mail theme for the back cover by placing the required address and websites on a stamped envelope. Because this is an official government publication, I did not want to stray from the standard color scheme of red, white, and blue that election materials typically reflect.