Did Illinois voters choose a new flag or opt to keep the old one? The results are in.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said after the five-week voting period, the current state flag won the vote.
Opinion
The Edwardsville Intelligencer on MSN1dOpinion
Illinois stuck with old state flag after a disappointing process
Illinois voters prefer to keep the current state flag, earning 165,602 votes. That's disappointing, but not altogether surprising.  As I've written before, the finalists for the new flag were also ...
Block Club Chicago6d
Illinois Residents Take Hard Pass On New Flag Designs, Sticking With ‘Seal On A Bedsheet’
The Illinois General Assembly will review the poll results and a report from a flag commission before making a final vote on ...
Daily Herald8d
Flag redesign voters say stick with ‘seal on a bedsheet’
That’s 43% of the total vote, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias noted. “Some may call it an SOB — a seal on a bedsheet — and the (vexillologic) community may hate it ...
WTTW News7d
Winner of Public Vote in Illinois State Flag Redesign Contest is ... the Existing State Flag
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias on Thursday announced that of the nearly 385,000 votes his office received ...
The State Journal-Register7d
Illinois unveils winning design of state flag. See which design won
There were nearly 400,000 votes over a five-week period. Take a look at what design won the Illinois state flag contest.