伊利诺伊州选民选择保留当前的国旗,在公开投票中击败了五个新设计。 Illinois voters chose to keep their current state flag, beating five new designs in a public vote.

伊利诺伊州居民投票保留当前国旗, 超过165 000张选票, 占43%, 支持在近385 000张选票中保留国旗。 Illinois residents voted to keep the current state flag, with over 165,000 votes, or 43%, cast in favor of retaining it out of nearly 385,000 votes. 尽管在一百多年前就设计了国旗,但目前的国旗获得的选票仍超过下五个最高设计组合的总和。 Despite being designed over a century ago, the current flag received more votes than the next five top designs combined. 伊利诺伊州船旗国委员会将在4月1日之前向大会提交其调查结果,大会将决定是否保留现有国旗,恢复以前的设计,还是采用新的设计。 The Illinois Flag Commission will present its findings to the General Assembly by April 1st, who will decide whether to keep the current flag, revert to a previous design, or adopt a new one.