New Jersey is an amazing state with hundreds of miles of beautiful shoreline and countless acres of picturesque forests. From the people in Sussex in the northwest to those of Cape May in the south, the people of New Jersey are its heartbeat. New Jerseyans are hardworking, diligent, and above all a prideful people. The people of New Jersey continually represent the talent and skill of the state on both a national and international stage. While New Jerseyans have successfully demonstrated the amazing abilities of those who reside in the state, current New Jersey State Flag fails to do so.

The current New Jersey State Flag does not represent the amazing nature of both the state of New Jersey and its people but most importantly is unappealing. The dull nature of the State flag suffers obscurity amongst its own people and fails to invoke a sense of pride to the millions of residents of New Jersey. On a larger scale, the New Jersey State Flag is consistently criticized by flag experts as a "Seal on a Bedsheet," which characterizes uninspiring flags that are lazily designed. While New Jerseyans are not less prideful than individuals from California or Texas, our state flag does share the same admiration and pride as those states' flags invoke.

I appeal to the elected lawmakers of both the State Senate and General Assembly to aid the process of creating a flag that more accurately reflects the great state of New Jersey.

I wish that the artistic citizens of New Jersey create a new flag that should be voted upon by the people during a referendum. Once a consensus "challenger flag" becomes designated, this flag will be voted on during either the 2018 or 2020 election against the existing state flag.

I hope that the New State Flag of New Jersey adheres to commonplace vexillological standard. However, I primarily hope a new state flag be chosen that more accurately represents the talents, skills and pride of the people of New Jersey