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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 ...

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 ...

Of the nearly 385,000 votes received, more than 165,000, or 43 percent, were cast for the current Illinois state flag. He said it received more votes than the next five top designs combined.

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.

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.