Officials in Mississippi have chosen a new design for the state's flag to replace the former motif featuring the Confederate battle emblem. Residents will vote on the new one, which depicts the state flower, a magnolia, on November 3.
A nine-person commission was tasked with narrowing down 3,000 submissions — including one with a giant mosquito — from the public. Over 75,000 people voted on their preference, according to Judge Reuben Anderson, president of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Board of Trustees.
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