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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, Union Jack, Maple Leaf — or SOB. That would ...

The Illinois state flag is sometimes derided as an “SOB” — a state “Seal on a Bedsheet.”.

And it’s the current flag. The SOB wins in a landslide. Of nearly 385,000 votes cast, the existing bunting received 43% — more tallies than the next six finalists combined.

The Illinois state flag is sometimes derided as an “SOB” — a state “Seal on a Bedsheet.”.