Some forward-looking lawmakers set up a contest to design a new flag and put it to a vote. In a landslide, a winner was chosen. And it's the current flag. The SOB wins in a landslide Of nearly 385,000 ...

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA / WGN) — The results are in for the contest to redesign the Illinois state flag, but these tallies aren’t the final say. One design from Champaign received the second ...

The current flag, which features a classic seal of a bald eagle on a plain white background, received more votes than the next six top designs combined. “Some may call it an SOB — a seal on a bedsheet ...

Of the nearly 385,000 votes that were received, more than 165,000, or 43 percent, were cast for the current state flag, which received more votes than the next five top designs combined.

The public had a chance to vote for a new flag from one of 12 designs or keep the current one. And after five weeks of voting, the current flag won — and by a lot. Of the nearly 385,000 votes ...

(WIFR) - The current state flag design received 43% of the votes, making it the decisive winner in the flag redesign contest. Voters had the choice between ten new designs and three former designs ...

"The current state flag received more than 165,000 votes, or about 43% of the total vote." Earlier this year, the public had the chance to vote on 10 new designs -- finalists from more than 5,000 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois residents voted to keep the existing state flag design in a contest aimed at updating and replacing the flag. The Illinois Flag Commission solicited new ...

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NARUTO, Tokushima Prefecture--A little-known episode about hostilities between Japan and Germany during World War I turned up when a flag featuring an unfamiliar design of a black cross and ...