Collection · Democracy & Voting

Ballots, Not Idols

Democracy isn’t a team sport. It’s the whole game. This collection is for the people who still treat a ballot as the most powerful thing they own — and who noticed that the people calling elections rigged only ever say it after they lose.

You can love this country and still refuse to lie about it.

These are the least angry designs in the shop and, judging by what actually sells, the most worn. Voting survives every argument about who was right. Nobody has ever been talked out of caring about their own vote.

That makes them the ones you can wear anywhere — the DMV, the in-laws, the office with the one guy who wants to debate. They read as patriotic rather than partisan, because they are. Wanting your vote counted was never a partisan position, and the fact that it now sounds like one is the whole problem.

Soft cotton tees, fleece hoodies, embroidered caps.

Who buys these

First-time voters and people who have never missed one
Poll workers, organizers, and anyone who has stood in a four-hour line
People who want to say something true without starting a fight

Printed to order in the United States. Caps are embroidered, not heat-pressed. Tees are soft cotton, hoodies are fleece, and a good message deserves a good medium. Sizing, colors and current pricing live on the Etsy listing.

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Checkout is on Etsy. Independent political commentary and satire — designs reference matters of public record and all artwork is original.

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