In a letter sent to Gov. Pat Quinn and the legislative leaders in Springfield and printed in the Tribune, the ACLU of Illinois is calling into question the constitutionality of a proposed amendment offering Illinois residents the opportunity to recall a sitting governor. Specifically, they find fault with the provision that requires recall supporters to gather 100 signatures from at least 25 counties. From the op-ed:

Under the proposed amendment, the electorate in Illinois' most populous 24 counties (6.4 million voters), which contains 84 percent of the registered voters, could not petition for a recall of the governor, but 530,000 of the remaining 16 percent of registered voters (1.2 million) properly distributed among the 78 remaining counties could successfully petition for a recall. This disparity clearly violates the one person, one vote principle.

For more on the topic, check out our background post here.