Recall amendment down to wire

Supporters of amending the state constitution to allow for recall elections quickly are running out of time to put it before voters in the November election. State Rep. Jack Franks, the Woodstock Democrat who drafted the bill, and Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn are asking voters to call their state senators to pressure them to get the amendment to the Senate floor. It currently sits in the Senate Executive Committee, where Quinn and Franks allege it is being held to die by one senator who opposes it. "It's imperative that individual members of the Senate, Democrats and Republicans alike, make clear to the leadership that this constitutional amendment is important, that it's imperative the Senate take a position on it and vote on it," Quinn said. Franks