Illinois reveals rejected license plates for 2024

Illinois reveals rejected license plates for 2024: "JAGWEED," "MUNCH," "BADARSE."
Every year, the Illinois Secretary of State's office rejects personalized license plates because they're too profane, inflammatory, or simply too difficult to read.
License plates rejected by Illinois in 2024
The Illinois Secretary of State’s Office received more than 60,000 requests for vanity or personalized license plates in 2024. Of those, 335 (or 0.0055%) requests were denied for profanity or other reasons for ineligibility.
Illinois Secretary of State denies more than 300 ‘FREAKY’ license plate requests in 2024
While some Illinois drivers may think these ideas for license plates are KILER, you won’t see them on the road. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has released the list of rejected custom license plate ideas from 2024.
‘Inflammatory or offensive': These Illinois license plate requests were rejected in 2024
Drivers got points for creativity with some unique vanity license plate requests in 2024, but those efforts didn't pass the scrutiny of the Secretary of State's office.
Here's a look at the personalized Illinois license plates that were rejected in 2024
Over 300 personalized plate requests were rejected in 2024 due to their offensive nature or because they were difficult to read, the Secretary of State said.
'MUNCH,' 'BICHIN,' 'JAGWEED' are among the 335 vanity plates rejected by Illinois Secretary of State last year
The Illinois Secretary of State's office also denied vanity plates that were deemed difficult to read and could pose a problem for law enforcement. Some of those included "MWMWMWM" or "OOQQOO."
‘Sneaky swearing’: Why Illinois rejected 335 vanity plates requests last year
They might have been salaciously creative, but more than 300 salty expressions failed to make the grade as Illinois license plates last year. Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced Wednesday
Rejected Illinois license plate requests revealed by Secretary of State
More than 300 personalized and vanity license plate requests in Illinois were rejected in 2024. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said out of the 60,537 requests, 335 were denied because of their inflammatory or offensive nature,
IL Secretary of State reveals list of 2024 rejected license plates
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias banned over 300 vanity and personalized license plates due to profanity or other reasons, with requests including HOKTUAH, GYATT, MUNCH, BICHIN, JAGWEED,
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Illinois secretary of state reads off some of the hundreds of vanity and personalized license plate requests the state rejected last year CNN video MW-008WE.
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