What Chicago is talking about this week:
It's electioneering season, and I got a gift in the mail from Jesse White, our Secretary of State, as I prepare for the election in four weeks - a copy of the proposed amendment to add section 7 to article III of the Illinois Constitution. Even if you're not a local, just the first few words below should tell you whom we have to thank for the pamphlet:
(a) The recall of the Governor may be proposed by a petition signed by a number of electors equal in number to at least 15% of the total votes cast for Governor in the preceding gubernatorial election, with at least 100 signatures from each of at least 25 separate counties ...
As keepers of democracy, we're being asked to balance whether citizens should have some other process (other than impeachment) that involves them with the notion that recall elections can be hella expensive and open to manipulation by the political machine.
Since we have millions to spare and only place the most honest of politicians in power, we should have nothing to worry about, right? Vote YES to join 18 other states who provide this right to its public.
THE QUICK FACTS:
http://www.lwvil.org/recall_quickfacts.pdf
ON THE VOTE YES SIDE, BUT MUCH MORE VOCAL:
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicago-political-commentary/2010/09/does-illinois-need-term-limits-total-recall-provisions.html
IN OTHER NEWS, TOTAL RECALL BEING REMADE?
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2010/07/total-recall-remake-is-official-len-wiseman-directing
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