Public submissions for new design of Illinois state flag will soon be accepted

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Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said public submissions for a new design will be accepted starting Tuesday.

Ten of those designs will be selected.

After a public feedback period, the general assembly will decide whether to adopt a new flag or keep the current one.

Visit www.ilsos.gov or submit designs via mail addressed to Illinois Flag Commission, Howlett Building, Room 476, 501 S. Second St., Springfield, IL 62756.

Minnesota unveiled its new flag in December 2023, using a similar method to the one adopted by Illinois, a news release from Giannoulias' office Wednesday said. Both Michigan and Maine are also considering an official change in their state flags, the release said.


Current flag

 

[HOMO FOR LIFE RETURNS]

Is that a pile of poop.

 

[Sexy Senior Citizen]

What the heck is wrong with the old one?

 

[Cardef1121]

I know vexillologists hate seals on flags as flags but what is wrong with the current one-- other than just being the state seal on a flag? I'm going to assume 'National Union' and 'Sovereignty' are problematic.

 

[Hermann von Salsa]

What the heck is wrong with the old one?

it's plain and generic is my guess

 

[Neo-Nazi Rich Evans]

im locking down my prediction: the new designs will suck hard and the worst one of them will be picked.

 

[The Ugly One]

What the heck is wrong with the old one?

No trans representation.

 

[Idiotron]

What the heck is wrong with the old one?

Having never seen it before, it looks like it was made with clipart.
It's cluttered, messy and each individual element is poorly made.
It almost has a "so bad it's good" quality about it.

You know what looks good on a flag?
Symmetry.
Make something simple and symmetrical, something that stays in your head after you see it once.

 

[Ron Jeremy Stan Account]

Bookmark this comment and check back in the future when I'm proven to be right: a bunch of Redditors are going to redesign the flag to be a bland vector design of green and blue shapes with a single white star.

 

[WelperHelper99]

The new one better have a bushel of corn.

 

[Danann]

What the heck is wrong with the old one?

r/vexillology faggots complaining its not following their insane guidelines and demands.
If its gonna be redesigned, I expect it to have words and stuff.

 

[Whatevermancer]

What the heck is wrong with the old one?

It's a pain in the ass to draw.

 

[Enig]

My proposal: make it the spitting image of modern Illinois, have some dude in a Bass Pro Shop ballcap with a F-350 giving people the middle finger while drinking seven cans of White Claw and a seagull's on the edge of the bed pecking at a Big Mac and there's empty dispensary weed bags on the ground, it will stand the test of time because this image hasn't fucking changed since the 1980s everything is that fucking stagnant.

 

[Super Hans v2]

My proposal: make it the spitting image of modern Illinois, have some dude in a Bass Pro Shop ballcap with a F-350 giving people the middle finger while drinking seven cans of White Claw and a seagull's on the edge of the bed pecking at a Big Mac and there's empty dispensary weed bags on the ground, it will stand the test of time because this image hasn't fucking changed since the 1980s everything is that fucking stagnant.

And where's the nigger representation? Gotta have a Hi-Point and fent in there somewhere too.

 

[Breadbassket]

Seems like a good time to replace a unique flag with a boring one that conforms to "vexillogical guidelines" that some people says everyone should adhere to.

 

[Seafarer]

Chicago, for being a shithole city, still has a nice flag. Hopefully they pick something like it.

 

[WelperHelper99]

Chicago, for being a shithole city, still has a nice flag. Hopefully they pick something like it.
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Boring. Needs to be the flag of Mozambique, but with a shotgun and a corncob

 

[Seafarer]

but with a shotgun and a corncob

I think a full-auto Glock with a drum magazine and a Chicago-style casserole pizza would be more apt.

 

[WelperHelper99]

I think a full-auto Glock with a drum magazine and a Chicago-style casserole pizza would be more apt.

That's Chigago. The rest of illinois is very much farm country with lots of corn and deer hunting. The niggery stays in the city mostly.

 

[Seafarer]

That's Chigago. The rest of illinois is very much farm country with lots of corn and deer hunting. The niggery stays in the city mostly.

The deep dish pizzas as well?