Nearly 400 customized license plates were rejected last year by Illinois officials who deemed the requests to naughty for the road.
There are nearly 1 million vehicles on the road with vanity or personalized license plates issued by the Illinois secretary of state's office.
In the last month alone, 17 more requests were rejected and added to the list, according to data released by Giannoulias' office. Many of the most recently rejected requests were doomed because they contained some allusion to the"F word," records show. by signing up you agree to our terms of service Several politicians have been the target on numerous rejected submissions, including current President Joe Biden and his three predecessors. Vulgarities aimed at Gov. J.B. Pritzker and former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel are also on the state's naughty plate list, records show.
"There is a small group from our Vehicle Services Department that review requests with an eye out for anything tawdry, lewd or offensive," Haupt said."If a request is declined, it automatically goes on the rejection list."
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