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Public Act 92-0119
SB360 Enrolled LRB9203805MWpk
AN ACT concerning townships.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing
Section 45-50 as follows:
(60 ILCS 1/45-50)
Sec. 45-50. Caucus procedures.
(a) The rules of procedure for conducting a township or
multi-township caucus must be approved and may be amended by
a majority vote of the qualified participants attending the
caucus. No participant shall be able to participate or vote
at any township or multi-township caucus if the person is or
was at anytime during the 12 months before the caucus any of
the following:
(1) An elected or appointed public official of
another established political party.
(2) An elected or appointed officer, director,
precinct committeeman or representative of the township
committeeman of another established political party.
(3) A judge of election under Article 13 or 14 of
the Election Code for another statewide established
political party.
(4) A voter who voted in the primary election of
another statewide established political party different
from the party holding the caucus.
(b) The rules of procedure shall include the following:
(1) No caucus shall commence earlier than 6:00 p.m.
(2) The caucus shall commence at the place
specified in the notice of caucus.
(3) Procedures by which qualified caucus
participants determine by a majority vote the duties of
caucus judges of election. Caucus judges of election
shall be appointed by a majority vote of the township or
multi-township central committee. No judge of the Supreme
Court, appellate court, or circuit court or associate
judge shall serve as a caucus judge of election.
(4) Nominations for selection as a candidate shall
be accepted from any qualified participant of the caucus.
(5) The method of voting (i.e., written ballot,
voice vote, show of hands, standing vote) for determining
the candidate or candidates selected for nomination.
(6) Whether candidates will be selected as a slate
or as individual nominees for each office.
(7) Whether written notice of intent to be a caucus
nominee is required.
(8) Other rules deemed necessary by the central
committee at the time the rules are promulgated or by the
majority of the qualified caucus participants when the
rules are being considered at their meeting.
(c) Individuals participating at an established
political party township or multi-township caucus shall
comply with each of the following:
(1) A participant shall be registered under Article
4, 5, or 6 of the Election Code.
(2) A participant shall be registered within the
territory for which the nomination is made.
(3) A participant shall sign an affidavit that he
or she is a registered voter and affiliated with the
established political party holding the caucus.
(4) A participant shall not take part in the
proceedings of more than one established political party
township and multi-township caucus for the same election.
This requirement also applies to the township and
multi-township clerks.
(5) A participant shall not sign a petition of
nomination for an independent or new political party
candidate for the same election.
(6) A participant shall not become an independent
candidate or a candidate of another established political
party or a new political party for the same election.
(d) The voters participating at an established political
party township or multi-township caucus shall not select for
nomination more candidates than there are to be elected for
each office.
(e) No candidate for nomination at a township or
multi-township caucus shall be required to do either of the
following:
(1) Circulate and file nominating petitions to
become a candidate at the caucus.
(2) File a fee to become a candidate at the caucus.
(Source: P.A. 87-1208; 88-62; incorporates 88-360; 88-670,
eff. 12-2-94.)
Passed in the General Assembly May 01, 2001.
Approved July 20, 2001.
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