Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said after the five-week voting period, the current state flag won the vote.
The people of Illinois have spoken, and they overwhelmingly favor retaining the current state flag. Illinois Secretary of ...
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Some state legislators say it’s important to commemorate the former flag. Others say problematic imagery and the old flag’s ...
The commission whittled down thousands of redesign submissions to 10 options for voters. The commission also gave voters the option to choose flags designed for the state’s centennial and ...
The Illinois state flag is sometimes derided as an “SOB” — a state “Seal on a Bedsheet.” The white banner emblazoned with the ...
Illinoisans voted to keep the current state flag in a redesign contest. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times file Share Illinoisans have spoken: Don’t go changing our flag. The public had a chance ...
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Current flag wins state flag redesign vote
The Illinois state flag may be around a lot longer, it turns out. About 43% of the 385,000 votes in an advisory state flag ...
More than half of those who voted in the Illinois flag redesign process wanted a new flag for the state, though their votes ...
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias on Thursday announced that of the nearly 385,000 votes his office received ...
Earlier this year, the public had the chance to vote for their favorite out of 10 new designs, three previous iterations and ...