Illinois Flag Submissions
| Submitted | Dec. 17, 2024 |
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From: Sanjin I.
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act., I hereby request the following records:
All flag submissions submitted to the Illinois Flag Commission.
On the Illinois Flag Commission site it lists nearly 5,000 submissions. https://www.ilsos.gov/special/IFC/home.html
I would like a copy of each flag submission, in JPEG, PNG or other appropriate digital format, with applicable redactions made if there is information about the submitter included with a submission.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Sanjin Ibrahimovic
From: Illinois Flag Commission
Thank you for your interest in the Illinois Flag Commission. The Commission members have selected their Top 10 designs from nearly 5,000 entries. To view the Top 10, visit here https://www.ilsos.gov/special/IFC/10finalists.pdf. Public voting will begin online in January 2025. At that time, the Commission will provide further details on where and how you can cast your vote. Thank you!
From: Illinois Flag Commission
Thank you for your interest in the Illinois Flag Commission. The Commission members have selected their Top 10 designs from nearly 5,000 entries. To view the Top 10, visit here https://www.ilsos.gov/special/IFC/10finalists.pdf. Public voting will begin online in January 2025. At that time, the Commission will provide further details on where and how you can cast your vote. Thank you!
From: Illinois Flag Commission
Good Afternoon
Attached please find the first two out of ten (1 and 2 of 10) .pdf files containing the flag images submitted to the Illinois Flag Commission. Descriptions of the submissions and personal and private information have been redacted pursuant to your request and FOIA Sections 7(1)(b) and 7(1)(c). Due to technical limitations, we are unable to transmit images in their original format and have compiled the images into ten (10) .pdf documents.
Due to the need to consult with other Departments and continue to review the documents for redactions, we are taking the five working-day statutory extension to send the remaining .pdf files, bringing our final response date to 1/3/24.
Please do not hesitate to contact FOIARequest@ilsos.gov<mailto:FOIARequest@ilsos.gov> with any questions. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Respectfully,
FOIA OFFICER
Illinois Secretary of State’s Office
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From: Illinois Flag Commission
Good Afternoon,
Below please find a link to #3-6 of the 10 responsive .pdf documents. The password shall follow in a separate email. Please note that the link expires by 1/2/25 and cannot be extended or renewed.
https://Data.ilsos.gov/?ShareToken=0F386ACDC8DA188ECBC0FB237C5B2D8BD4652D5C
Respectfully,
FOIA OFFICER
Illinois Secretary of State’s Office
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From: Sanjin I.
Hi,
It looks like someone already received all of the flag submissions with substantially less redactions here:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25471742-illinois-patch-2024-flag-design-submissions-foia_redacted/
Sanjin
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Illinois Freedom of Information Act. request, copied below, and originally submitted on Dec. 17, 2024. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Jan. 2, 2025. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Illinois Flag Commission
Dear Sanjin:
This is our formal response to your follow-up email below dated January 21, 2025, with respect to your December 17, 2025 request for: a copy of each flag submission, in JPEG, PNG or other appropriate digital format, with applicable redactions made if there is information about the submitter included with a submission. After reviewing and redacting private and personal information from the nearly 5,000 submissions pursuant to FOIA Sections 7(1)(b) and 7(1)(c), we responded with a link to the files on December 26, 2024. Then, on January 5, 2025, you indicated that you had access to the following file, available online, which contains all of the submissions and has less information redacted than the file we provided you with on December 26, 2024: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25471742-illinois-patch-2024-flag-design-submissions-foia_redacted/<https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25471742-illinois-patch-2024-flag-design-submissions-foia_redacted>. Because the foregoing link contains the flag submissions that you requested, that is the most efficient way for you to obtain the requested information, as opposed to us sending you a new link to the same document. (5 ILCS 140/8.5).
Respectfully,
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Danielle Pappas
Deputy General Counsel
Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias
115 S. LaSalle St., Suite 300, Chicago IL 60603
