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The redesign contest included 10 new designs, two former state flags and the current one. The current flag received more than 165,000 of the nearly 385,000 votes cast.

Voters overwhelmingly chose the existing Illinois state flag in a design competition that featured ten new entries. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 86°F. Sunday, June 29th 2025 ...

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 ...

According to the voting results, 43%, or over 165,000, of the votes went to the current flag. The Illinois flag received more votes than the next top five designs combined.

The current Illinois flag, adopted in 1915, features the eagle from the state seal on a white background. The word "Illinois" was added to the flag in 1970 because it was otherwise so undistinguished.

The Illinois state flag may be around a lot longer, it turns out. About 43% of the 385,000 votes in an advisory state flag revision contest decided they’d prefer to resist change and keep the ...

Of the nearly 385,000 votes that were received, over 165,000 — or 43 percent — were cast for the current Illinois state flag. In fact, it received more votes than the next five top designs ...

The Illinois state flag flies outside of the George W. Dunne Cook County Office Building on Jan. 14, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune) By Brad Weisenstein.