Illinois votes on a new state flag design -- and chooses the current one
“Some may call it an SOB and the vexillogical community (flag experts) may hate it, but people overwhelmingly prefer our ...
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 MSN2dOpinion
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 Chicago7d
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 ...
WQRF Rockford on MSN7d
Illinois voters favor current state flag, reject proposals for redesign
Illinois residents voted to keep the existing state flag design, which was adopted in 1915 after a contest to create a flag, and the current flag received more votes than the top 5 design combined.
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 ...
The State Journal-Register8d
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.