New Indiana License Plate

Blue marks color of next Indiana license plate
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Indiana Bureau
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Indiana's next license plate will feature a dark blue color with a white state flag design serving as the central theme. Images of the new license plate will be available on the BMV's website at www.IN.gov/bmv after 11 a.m. today.

More than 107,000 Hoosiers cast their ballots to choose Indiana's next standard license plate and the winner of the April 3-18 vote edged its closest competitor by about 2,500 votes, or by 2 percent. Voters chose the plate through the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles Web site or they cast paper ballots at BMV license branches statewide.

Voters chose plate design #3, the dark blue plate option, over design #1, which featured a lighter, fading background image of the state's flag. All four options presented to voters featured the state flag in various renderings. The winning design, created by BMV staff in collaboration with PEN Products, collected 30,764 votes compared to 28,235 votes for the second place entry.

The new 2008 license plate will replace the current green pastoral "Back Home Again" design, selected in 2002 and placed on vehicles beginning in 2003.

"The license plate is a very visible state symbol, and we are obviously pleased that so many Hoosiers opted to let their voice be heard," Stiver said.

Visit the BMV Website for more information