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Heads up! Elon Musk is now an 'I Voted' meme

Stick to it! The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX shows his political pride, and he's just one of many.

Gael Cooper
CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.
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Gael Cooper

Elon Musk , CEO of SpaceX , definitely voted. Musk, who was born in South Africa but became a US citizen in 2002, shared a photo Tuesday afternoon of himself with a red, white and blue I VOTED sticker smack dab in the middle of his forehead.

Billionaire Musk's fame made his photo a big juicy target for Twitter users.

Some focused on the sticker's wording. "I am Groot," wrote one, mimicking the Guardians of the Galaxy character.

Others tried out their photo-editing software.

Some wished they could vote for Musk himself, even though he wasn't born in the US. One shared a twist on President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan, turning it into "Musk 2020: Make America Smart Again."

Some played off Musk's love of anime, which he's expressed on Twitter before.

Or the fact that he put the sticker on his forehead.

Musk was far from alone in sharing his voting sticker. Americans were displaying them everywhere from beards to pets.

While those who didn't get stickers had to make do with other items -- or make their own.

Election day brought lines at some polling places, but some waiting voters were treated to pizza.