“Some may call it an SOB and the vexillogical community (flag experts) may hate it, but people overwhelmingly prefer our ...

Editor's Note: The video in this story is from a previous report. After thousands of submissions, 10 finalists and nearly 385,000 votes, the state of Illinois may not have a new flag after all.

165,602 were for keeping the current flag design. 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 ...

Moving forward, the Illinois Flag Commission will prepare a report ... featured the state seal in front of a white background. It has remained the same since with exception for the addition ...

The Illinois Flag Commission will now report the results ... “Some may call it an SOB — a seal on a bedsheet — and the vexillological community may hate it, but people overwhelmingly prefer ...

For over 50 years, the Illinois state flag has been represented with a white background and the state seal. Last year, the Illinois Flag Commission collected almost 5,000 entries of redesigning ...

Illinois has flown the same flag – featuring the Great Seal on a white background – since it was first adopted more than 100 years ago, according to the Illinois Flag Commission’s website.

Photos from the first women’s college flag football game in Illinois between Benedictine and Rockford on March 8, 2025, at the Walter Payton Center in Lake Forest. Rockford won 32-0. Rockford ...

were cast for the current Illinois State flag, which received more votes than the next five top designs combined. “Some may call it an SOB – a seal on a bedsheet – and the vexillogical ...