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 1        AN ACT concerning townships.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Township  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Section 45-50 as follows:

 6        (60 ILCS 1/45-50)
 7        Sec. 45-50.  Caucus procedures.
 8        (a)  The  rules of procedure for conducting a township or
 9    multi-township caucus must be approved and may be amended  by
10    a  majority  vote of the qualified participants attending the
11    caucus.  No participant shall be able to participate or  vote
12    at  any township or multi-township caucus if the person is or
13    was at anytime during the 12 months before the caucus any  of
14    the following:
15             (1)  An  elected  or  appointed  public  official of
16        another established political party.
17             (2)  An  elected  or  appointed  officer,  director,
18        precinct committeeman or representative of  the  township
19        committeeman of another established political party.
20             (3)  A  judge  of election under Article 13 or 14 of
21        the  Election  Code  for  another  statewide  established
22        political party.
23             (4)  A voter who voted in the  primary  election  of
24        another  statewide  established political party different
25        from the party holding the caucus.

26        (b)  The rules of procedure shall include the following:
27             (1)  No caucus shall commence earlier than 6:00 p.m.
28             (2)  The  caucus  shall  commence   at   the   place
29        specified in the notice of caucus.
30             (3)  Procedures    by    which    qualified   caucus
31        participants determine by a majority vote the  duties  of
 
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 1        caucus  judges  of  election.   Caucus judges of election
 2        shall be appointed by a majority vote of the township  or
 3        multi-township central committee. No judge of the Supreme
 4        Court,  appellate  court,  or  circuit court or associate
 5        judge shall serve as a caucus judge of election.
 6             (4)  Nominations for selection as a candidate  shall
 7        be accepted from any qualified participant of the caucus.
 8             (5)  The  method  of  voting  (i.e., written ballot,
 9        voice vote, show of hands, standing vote) for determining
10        the candidate or candidates selected for nomination.
11             (6)  Whether candidates will be selected as a  slate
12        or as individual nominees for each office.
13             (7)  Whether written notice of intent to be a caucus
14        nominee is required.
15             (8)  Other  rules  deemed  necessary  by the central
16        committee at the time the rules are promulgated or by the
17        majority of the qualified caucus  participants  when  the
18        rules are being considered at their meeting.
19        (c)  Individuals    participating   at   an   established
20    political  party  township  or  multi-township  caucus  shall
21    comply with each of the following:
22             (1)  A participant shall be registered under Article
23        4, 5, or 6 of the Election Code.
24             (2)  A participant shall be  registered  within  the
25        territory for which the nomination is made.
26             (3)  A  participant  shall sign an affidavit that he
27        or she is a registered  voter  and  affiliated  with  the
28        established political party holding the caucus.
29             (4)  A  participant  shall  not  take  part  in  the
30        proceedings  of more than one established political party
31        township and multi-township caucus for the same election.
32        This  requirement  also  applies  to  the  township   and
33        multi-township clerks.
34             (5)  A  participant  shall  not  sign  a petition of
 
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 1        nomination for an  independent  or  new  political  party
 2        candidate for the same election.
 3             (6)  A  participant  shall not become an independent
 4        candidate or a candidate of another established political
 5        party or a new political party for the same election.
 6        (d)  The voters participating at an established political
 7    party township or multi-township caucus shall not select  for
 8    nomination  more  candidates than there are to be elected for
 9    each office.
10        (e)  No  candidate  for  nomination  at  a  township   or
11    multi-township  caucus  shall be required to do either of the
12    following:
13             (1)  Circulate  and  file  nominating  petitions  to
14        become a candidate at the caucus.
15             (2)  File a fee to become a candidate at the caucus.
16    (Source: P.A. 87-1208; 88-62;  incorporates  88-360;  88-670,
17    eff. 12-2-94.)

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