In Maine, amongst all the local state ordinances being voted on, is “Question 5, State Flag Referendum.” This referendum is on changing their state flag from the standard “Seal on a Bedsheet” design ...

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Mainers voted Nov. 4, 2024, to keep the official state flag (top) rather than replace it with a design (bottom) that harkens to the state's original flag. (Wikimedia, Maine secretary of state) ...

Nearly 5,000 new Illinois State Flag designs were entered by the Oct. 18 deadline that could lead to a new look since 1969. Specifically, 4,844 residents sought to make their mark within the ...

Gov. Tony Evers ordered Wisconsin and United States flags to be flown at half-staff Saturday in honor of former state legislator and judge Fred Kessler, who died earlier this week. Kessler served ...

Anyone can recognize it. We’re the Pine Tree State. People are already flying the 1901 flag. We’re just giving people the opportunity to ratify something they’ve already chosen." State Rep. Sean ...

ranging from animal hunting laws to state flags. Here are some of the matters voters will decide on this election. In the Centennial State, voters will decide on whether to ban the intentional ...

That played a role in lawmakers’ approval of a bill to let Mainers vote on replacing the current flag. The state’s official ...

It is very hard to tell from any distance that Maine’s flag is the flag of Maine. It could be any one of the many state flags, using what sarcastic vexillologists call a “seal on a bed sheet.” ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - This photo provided by the State of Maine/Secretary of State shows the winning design of a flag ...

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A new poll spells potentially bad news for plans to change the Maine state flag. Question 5 on the state ballot asks Mainers if they would like to change the current Maine flag, which is blue and ...