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There were 12 other flag choices. Ten were designed by Illinois
residents, students and even the great-grandchildren of Civil
War veteran and past Illinois Attorney General James McCartney.
The remaining two were designed for past state anniversary
celebrations.
A flag design depicting the sun on the horizon, designated
“Design #2246,” finished in second place with “Design #3679”
finishing in third place. That design depicts Abraham Lincoln’s
silhouette and the state of Illinois on a dark blue background.
A flag designed for the state’s sesquicentennial celebration in
1968 finished in last place, with about 5,100 votes.
The vote will be used by the Illinois Flag commission to advise
the General Assembly on how they should vote regarding a flag
change. So, legislators will have the final say on any future
flag changes.
Sen. Doris Turner, D-Springfield, introduced the bill that
created the Illinois State Flag Commission, the group that
conducted the flag vote. She’s also a member of the commission.
Turner said she doesn’t have any preconceived notions about
what’s going to happen.
“I don’t want to talk too much about the results because I think
that the commission has to – still has work to do,” Turner said.
“And we have to look at, you know, look at those results and do
a deep-dive into them and complete our report and submit it to
the General Assembly as we said we would do in the legislation.”
The flag commission is expected to issue its report to the
legislature later this spring.
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