Some New Yorkers heading to the polls on Friday are receiving a special treat: a special-edition Halloween sticker.
The orange and black sticker features a pigeon in a witch’s hat with a trick-or-treat basket in its beak and the words “Halloween voter 2025.” It is a playfully spooky upgrade from the standard red, white and blue “I voted” sticker.
The first 1,000 voters at early polling sites on Friday were to receive the witch pigeon sticker, said Vincent M. Ignizio, the deputy executive director of the New York City Board of Elections. Polling places also had a limited number of temporary Halloween pigeon tattoos for children.
The board has given out Halloween stickers for voters before. The design previously did not include the pigeon in a witch’s hat, which was added last year and given to the first 300 voters at early voting sites.
The stickers have proved to be popular among New Yorkers, Mr. Ignizio said, and some people who held off voting until Friday to get the special sticker showed it off on social media.
The mayoral candidates are also embracing the Halloween spirit, using spooky themes to persuade voters into backing them over their competitors.
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo posted a graphic on social media portraying Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, holding a mask of Curtis Sliwa on a craft stick near his face. In the background are trees, bats flying in front of a full moon, and an ominous looking church.
“The scariest thing this Halloween … is that a vote for Sliwa is a vote for Mamdani,” the caption read. (Mr. Cuomo has urged Mr. Sliwa to drop out of the race to consolidate the anti-Mamdani vote.)
A graphic posted by Mr. Sliwa, the Republican nominee, depicted Mr. Cuomo in a mummy costume and Mr. Mamdani dressed as a vampire. Mr. Sliwa has compared Mr. Cuomo, trying to resurrect his political career, to a zombie, and he has accused Mr. Mamdani of having no way to pay for his campaign promises.
“Cuomo wants to trick you about his record as governor,” the caption read. “Mamdani wants to treat everyone to freebies while taxpayers pick up the tab.”
Ashley Ahn covers breaking news for The Times from New York.
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