A commission working to come up with a new seal and motto for Massachusetts is turning to the public for help, releasing a survey officials hope will inform a final recommendation due by mid-November.

The Seal and Motto Commission voted in May 2022 to call for a full redesign of the state’s seal and motto and has sought multiple extensions to finish up its work since it was first created in 2021. The group faces a Nov. 15 deadline to turn in to the state Legislature final design recommendations.

In a Thursday statement, the commission said it had released a public survey created in partnership with UMass Boston where residents can “have a voice in creating a seal and motto that represents the history and aspirations of Massachusetts.”

“We believe the people of Massachusetts deserve the opportunity to weigh in on the symbols and terms that can serve as inspiration for all residents,” commission co-chair Brian Boyle and co-vice chair Brittney Peauwe Wunnepog Walley said in a statement.

At a June meeting, Boyle said the commission would turn to UMass Boston for help with the survey and use a portion of $100,000 in funding state lawmakers handed them to help pay for it.

UMass Boston’s Center for Survey Research released the survey online Thursday and planned to mail questionnaires to a random sample of households across the state.

The web-based survey is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Chinese, Khmer, Haitian Creole, and Russian. The print version is in English and Spanish. The commission said it planned to distribute the survey to listservs maintained by Native American communities in Massachusetts and also to veterans’ groups.

“The seal was last updated in 1898, but its origins date back to the early colonial period. Efforts to address potentially harmful imagery in the seal have been ongoing for more than forty years,” the commission said in a statement.