Illinois Citizens Gain Power of Recall: Or Do They?
Last week over two-thirds of Illinois voters voted in favor of establishing a process by which voters can recall the state’s governor. On the surface this may look like a great advancement in citizen rights, but just like with initiative rights, having a process and having an open and accessible process that citizens can use are two different things.
Unfortunately, as Kristina Rasmussen at the Illinois Policy Institute points out, it looks like Illinois’ new process may not be very usable:
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