Kansas revealed an instantly hated new license plate, so now the governor has killed it

The people of Kansas got to see the state’s new license plate design last week, and the backlash was so strong that the governor nixed the plate and is going back to the drawing board. Initially reported by multiple Kansas-based news outlets, the outrage over the design saw many avenues of criticism.

Governor Laura Kelly says that the current plate design, a pale blue background with navy letters, needed to go due to deterioration of the plates making it harder for law enforcement to read them. A new set of requirements were drawn up, and Kansas landed on the plate you see at the top of this post.

The gold and dark blue colors found no favor amongst Kansans who criticized it for being too close to the black and gold used by rival University of Missouri. Dislike poured in from all over social media, calling it “hideous,” “horrible” and many other things. Now, less than a week after the plate was announced, Governor Kelly released a statement rescinding the plate design.