As the state debates whether to adopt a new banner, Illinois flag voting will conclude this week, officials say.

The original call for artists, or otherwise, to submit their suggested designs saw more than 5,000 entries pour in with the Illinois Flag Commission. From that panoply, the commission narrowed the ...

Illinois’ current flag incorporates the state’s official seal, which was adopted in 1869. The flag itself was adopted in 1915, with a small addition of the state’s name added in 1970 ...

Illinois State Sen. Terri Bryant, a member of the commission ... Ted Kaye, a vexillologist, or person who studies flags, ...

Participants can also vote for previous flag designs — one from the 1960s and another from 1918 — or to leave Illinois’ existing flag (commonly derided as “a seal on a bedsheet” by flag ...

Currently, an exploratory vote is being held to determine whether Illinois could get a new flag. There are 10 options and ...

Illinois State Sen. Terri Bryant ... Ted Kaye, a vexillologist, or person who studies flags, calls it a “seal on a bedsheet” — an unflattering term for a flag design in vexillology circles ...