The redesign contest included 10 new designs, two former state flags and the current one. The current flag received over 165,000 of the nearly 385,000 votes cast.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said after the five-week voting period, the current state flag won the vote. Voters picked from the Illinois Flag Commission's Top 10 new designs, ...

The people of Illinois have spoken, and they overwhelmingly favor retaining the current state flag. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has announced the results of the state flag redesign ...

The results are in for the contest to redesign the Illinois state flag, but these tallies aren’t the final say.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias on Thursday announced that of the nearly 385,000 votes his office received ...

More than half of those who voted in the Illinois flag redesign process wanted a new flag for the state, though their votes were spread among 12 alternative designs.

Illinois residents overwhelmingly support keeping the current state flag, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced Thursday after a five-week public voting period to consider a redesign.

The Illinois state flag is sometimes derided as an “SOB” — a state “Seal on a Bedsheet.” The white banner emblazoned with the ...

Illinois voters have opted to keep the current state flag ahead of several proposed redesigns, the Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias' Office said.

Illinois residents voted to keep the current state flag, with it receiving more votes than the next five alternatives ...