Of the nearly 385,000 votes that were received, over 165,000, or 43 percent, were cast for the current Illinois State flag, which received more votes than the next five top designs combined.

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 ...

And it's the current flag. The SOB wins in a landslide Of nearly 385,000 votes cast, the existing bunting received 43% — more tallies than the next six finalists combined.

ILLINOIS (WCIA) — The current Illinois flag overwhelmingly won in a contest to redesign the state’s flag. On Thursday, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced that the current ...

About 43% of the 385,000 votes in an advisory state flag revision contest decided they’d prefer to resist change and keep the current design. There were 12 other flag choices.

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.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said nearly 385,000 people voted, with the current flag winning overwhelmingly, with more than 160,000 votes.

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. And it's the current flag. The SOB wins in a landslide Of nearly ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, Union Jack, Maple Leaf — or SOB.