The current state flag design received 43% of the votes, making it the decisive winner in the flag redesign contest.

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 ...

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

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 ...

Illinoisans have spoken: Don’t go changing our flag. 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 ...

(WAND) - The current Illinois state flag is the most popular choice among voters in the flag redesign contest. The public overwhelmingly favors retaining the current state flag, Illinois Secretary ...

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

Starting in January, the public will have the opportunity to vote online at www.ilsos.gov/stateflag for one of the new designs, or one of three former flag designs, including the current state flag, ...

Before being officially adopted as the state’s new banner, voters would have to approve the redesign through a referendum. Preliminary estimates show the flag redesign effort would cost upward ...