Illinois may be getting a new state flag, with residents able to choose ... state’s use of the official seal rather than a unique design.

Current Illinois state flag wins overwhelmingly in redesign contest ... However, the majority of voters casted their ballots for a new design. “Looking at the vote totals, overwhelmingly ...

Illinois Secretary of State’s Office via AP SPRINGFIELD ... Some forward-looking lawmakers set up a contest to design a new flag and put it to a vote. In a landslide, a winner was chosen.

“Seal on a Bedsheet,” the derisive moniker with which some have burdened the Illinois state flag, a gleaming white banner emblazoned with the state's bald eagle-themed emblem.

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