That’s 43% of the total vote, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias noted. “Some may call it an SOB — a seal on a bedsheet — and the (vexillologic) community may hate it ...

There were nearly 400,000 votes over a five-week period. Take a look at what design won the Illinois state flag contest.

The banner also features a rising sun and a rock featuring the year 1818, when Illinois was founded, and 1868, the year the state’s official seal was proposed.