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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2241 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Sally J. Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/7-61 from Ch. 46, par. 7-6110 ILCS 5/10-3 from Ch. 46, par. 10-310 ILCS 5/17-16.1 from Ch. 46, par. 17-16.160 ILCS 1/45-50 Amends the Election Code. Provides that a candidate seeking election to an office for which candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who is a participant in the caucus and who has signed a petition of another established political party, a new political party, or an independent candidate is ineligible to be listed on the ballot at that general or consolidated election as a candidate of the political party holding the caucus. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Township Code. Provides that no participant shall be able to participate or vote at any township or multi-township caucus if the person signed a petition for a candidate of another established political party, a new political party, or an independent candidate at anytime during the 12 months before the caucus. LRB104 09173 SPS 19229 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2241 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Sally J. Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/7-61 from Ch. 46, par. 7-6110 ILCS 5/10-3 from Ch. 46, par. 10-310 ILCS 5/17-16.1 from Ch. 46, par. 17-16.160 ILCS 1/45-50 10 ILCS 5/7-61 from Ch. 46, par. 7-61 10 ILCS 5/10-3 from Ch. 46, par. 10-3 10 ILCS 5/17-16.1 from Ch. 46, par. 17-16.1 60 ILCS 1/45-50 Amends the Election Code. Provides that a candidate seeking election to an office for which candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who is a participant in the caucus and who has signed a petition of another established political party, a new political party, or an independent candidate is ineligible to be listed on the ballot at that general or consolidated election as a candidate of the political party holding the caucus. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Township Code. Provides that no participant shall be able to participate or vote at any township or multi-township caucus if the person signed a petition for a candidate of another established political party, a new political party, or an independent candidate at anytime during the 12 months before the caucus. LRB104 09173 SPS 19229 b LRB104 09173 SPS 19229 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2241 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Sally J. Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	10 ILCS 5/7-61 from Ch. 46, par. 7-6110 ILCS 5/10-3 from Ch. 46, par. 10-310 ILCS 5/17-16.1 from Ch. 46, par. 17-16.160 ILCS 1/45-50 10 ILCS 5/7-61 from Ch. 46, par. 7-61 10 ILCS 5/10-3 from Ch. 46, par. 10-3 10 ILCS 5/17-16.1 from Ch. 46, par. 17-16.1 60 ILCS 1/45-50
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6	6	10 ILCS 5/17-16.1 from Ch. 46, par. 17-16.1
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8	8	Amends the Election Code. Provides that a candidate seeking election to an office for which candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who is a participant in the caucus and who has signed a petition of another established political party, a new political party, or an independent candidate is ineligible to be listed on the ballot at that general or consolidated election as a candidate of the political party holding the caucus. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Township Code. Provides that no participant shall be able to participate or vote at any township or multi-township caucus if the person signed a petition for a candidate of another established political party, a new political party, or an independent candidate at anytime during the 12 months before the caucus.
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14	14	1 AN ACT concerning elections.
15	15	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
16	16	3 represented in the General Assembly:
17	17	4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
18	18	5 Sections 7-61, 10-3, and 17-16.1 as follows:
19	19	6 (10 ILCS 5/7-61) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-61)
20	20	7 Sec. 7-61. Whenever a special election is necessary, the
21	21	8 provisions of this Article are applicable to the nomination of
22	22	9 candidates to be voted for at such special election.
23	23	10 In cases where a primary election is required, the officer
24	24	11 or board or commission whose duty it is under the provisions of
25	25	12 this Code relating to general elections to call an election
26	26	13 shall fix a date for the primary for the nomination of
27	27	14 candidates to be voted for at such special election. Notice of
28	28	15 such primary shall be given at least 15 days prior to the
29	29	16 maximum time provided for the filing of petitions for such a
30	30	17 primary as provided in Section 7-12.
31	31	18 Any vacancy in nomination under the provisions of this
32	32	19 Article 7 occurring on or after the primary and prior to
33	33	20 certification of candidates by the certifying board or officer
34	34	21 must be filled prior to the date of certification. Any vacancy
35	35	22 in nomination occurring after certification but prior to 15
36	36	23 days before the general election shall be filled within 8 days
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40	40	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2241 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Sally J. Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
41	41	10 ILCS 5/7-61 from Ch. 46, par. 7-6110 ILCS 5/10-3 from Ch. 46, par. 10-310 ILCS 5/17-16.1 from Ch. 46, par. 17-16.160 ILCS 1/45-50 10 ILCS 5/7-61 from Ch. 46, par. 7-61 10 ILCS 5/10-3 from Ch. 46, par. 10-3 10 ILCS 5/17-16.1 from Ch. 46, par. 17-16.1 60 ILCS 1/45-50
42	42	10 ILCS 5/7-61 from Ch. 46, par. 7-61
43	43	10 ILCS 5/10-3 from Ch. 46, par. 10-3
44	44	10 ILCS 5/17-16.1 from Ch. 46, par. 17-16.1
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46	46	Amends the Election Code. Provides that a candidate seeking election to an office for which candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who is a participant in the caucus and who has signed a petition of another established political party, a new political party, or an independent candidate is ineligible to be listed on the ballot at that general or consolidated election as a candidate of the political party holding the caucus. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Township Code. Provides that no participant shall be able to participate or vote at any township or multi-township caucus if the person signed a petition for a candidate of another established political party, a new political party, or an independent candidate at anytime during the 12 months before the caucus.
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77	77	1 after the event creating the vacancy. The resolution filling
78	78	2 the vacancy shall be sent by U. S. mail or personal delivery to
79	79	3 the certifying officer or board within 3 days of the action by
80	80	4 which the vacancy was filled; provided, if such resolution is
81	81	5 sent by mail and the U. S. postmark on the envelope containing
82	82	6 such resolution is dated prior to the expiration of such 3-day
83	83	7 limit, the resolution shall be deemed filed within such 3-day
84	84	8 limit. Failure to so transmit the resolution within the time
85	85	9 specified in this Section shall authorize the certifying
86	86	10 officer or board to certify the original candidate. Vacancies
87	87	11 shall be filled by the officers of a local municipal or
88	88	12 township political party as specified in subsection (h) of
89	89	13 Section 7-8, other than a statewide political party, that is
90	90	14 established only within a municipality or township and the
91	91	15 managing committee (or legislative committee in case of a
92	92	16 candidate for State Senator or representative committee in the
93	93	17 case of a candidate for State Representative in the General
94	94	18 Assembly or State central committee in the case of a candidate
95	95	19 for statewide office, including, but not limited to, the
96	96	20 office of United States Senator) of the respective political
97	97	21 party for the territorial area in which such vacancy occurs.
98	98	22 The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be
99	99	23 duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
100	100	24 acknowledgments of deeds and shall include, upon its face, the
101	101	25 following information:
102	102	26 (a) the name of the original nominee and the office
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114	114	2 (b) the date on which the vacancy occurred;
115	115	3 (c) the name and address of the nominee selected to
116	116	4 fill the vacancy and the date of selection.
117	117	5 The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be
118	118	6 accompanied by a Statement of Candidacy, as prescribed in
119	119	7 Section 7-10, completed by the selected nominee and a receipt
120	120	8 indicating that such nominee has filed a statement of economic
121	121	9 interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
122	122	10 The provisions of Section 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to
123	123	11 objections to certificates of nomination and nomination
124	124	12 papers, hearings on objections, and judicial review, shall
125	125	13 apply to and govern objections to resolutions for filling a
126	126	14 vacancy in nomination.
127	127	15 Any vacancy in nomination occurring 15 days or less before
128	128	16 the consolidated election or the general election shall not be
129	129	17 filled. In this event, the certification of the original
130	130	18 candidate shall stand and his name shall appear on the
131	131	19 official ballot to be voted at the general election.
132	132	20 A vacancy in nomination occurs when a candidate who has
133	133	21 been nominated under the provisions of this Article 7 dies
134	134	22 before the election (whether death occurs prior to, on or
135	135	23 after the day of the primary), or declines the nomination;
136	136	24 provided that nominations may become vacant for other reasons.
137	137	25 If the name of no established political party candidate
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149	149	1 particular office and if no person was nominated as a write-in
150	150	2 candidate for such office, a vacancy in nomination shall be
151	151	3 created which may be filled in accordance with the
152	152	4 requirements of this Section. Except as otherwise provided in
153	153	5 this Code, if the name of no established political party
154	154	6 candidate was printed on the general primary ballot for an
155	155	7 office nominated under this Article and if no person was
156	156	8 nominated as a write-in candidate for such office, a vacancy
157	157	9 in nomination shall be filled only by a person designated by
158	158	10 the appropriate committee of the political party and only if
159	159	11 that designated person files nominating petitions with the
160	160	12 number of signatures required for an established party
161	161	13 candidate for that office within 75 days after the day of the
162	162	14 general primary. The circulation period for those petitions
163	163	15 begins on the day the appropriate committee designates that
164	164	16 person. The person shall file his or her nominating petitions,
165	165	17 statements of candidacy, notice of appointment by the
166	166	18 appropriate committee, and receipt of filing his or her
167	167	19 statement of economic interests together. These documents
168	168	20 shall be filed at the same location as provided in Section
169	169	21 7-12. The electoral boards having jurisdiction under Section
170	170	22 10-9 to hear and pass upon objections to nominating petitions
171	171	23 also shall hear and pass upon objections to nomination
172	172	24 petitions filed by candidates under this paragraph.
173	173	25 A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a
174	174	26 partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated
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185	185	1 for his or her nomination at such primary election, is
186	186	2 ineligible to be listed on the ballot at that general or
187	187	3 consolidated election as a candidate of another political
188	188	4 party.
189	189	5 A candidate seeking election to an office for which
190	190	6 candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who is
191	191	7 a participant in the caucus and who is defeated for his or her
192	192	8 nomination at such caucus is ineligible to be listed on the
193	193	9 ballot at that general or consolidated election as a candidate
194	194	10 of another political party.
195	195	11 A candidate seeking election to an office for which
196	196	12 candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who is
197	197	13 a participant in the caucus and who has signed a petition of
198	198	14 another established political party, a new political party, or
199	199	15 an independent candidate is ineligible to be listed on the
200	200	16 ballot at that general or consolidated election as a candidate
201	201	17 of the political party holding the caucus.
202	202	18 In the proceedings to nominate a candidate to fill a
203	203	19 vacancy or to fill a vacancy in the nomination, each precinct,
204	204	20 township, ward, county, or congressional district, as the case
205	205	21 may be, shall, through its representative on such central or
206	206	22 managing committee, be entitled to one vote for each ballot
207	207	23 voted in such precinct, township, ward, county, or
208	208	24 congressional district, as the case may be, by the primary
209	209	25 electors of its party at the primary election immediately
210	210	26 preceding the meeting at which such vacancy is to be filled.
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221	221	1 For purposes of this Section, the words "certify" and
222	222	2 "certification" shall refer to the act of officially declaring
223	223	3 the names of candidates entitled to be printed upon the
224	224	4 official ballot at an election and directing election
225	225	5 authorities to place the names of such candidates upon the
226	226	6 official ballot. "Certifying officers or board" shall refer to
227	227	7 the local election official, the election authority, or the
228	228	8 State Board of Elections, as the case may be, with whom
229	229	9 nomination papers, including certificates of nomination and
230	230	10 resolutions to fill vacancies in nomination, are filed and
231	231	11 whose duty it is to certify candidates.
232	232	12 (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23;
233	233	13 103-586, eff. 5-3-24.)
234	234	14 (10 ILCS 5/10-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-3)
235	235	15 Sec. 10-3. Nomination of independent candidates (not
236	236	16 candidates of any political party), for any office to be
237	237	17 filled by the voters of the State at large may also be made by
238	238	18 nomination papers signed in the aggregate for each candidate
239	239	19 by 1% of the number of voters who voted in the next preceding
240	240	20 Statewide general election or 25,000 qualified voters of the
241	241	21 State, whichever is less. Nominations of independent
242	242	22 candidates for public office within any district or political
243	243	23 subdivision less than the State, may be made by nomination
244	244	24 papers signed in the aggregate for each candidate by qualified
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256	256	1 not less than 5%, nor more than 8% (or 50 more than the
257	257	2 minimum, whichever is greater) of the number of persons, who
258	258	3 voted at the next preceding regular election in such district
259	259	4 or political subdivision in which such district or political
260	260	5 subdivision voted as a unit for the election of officers to
261	261	6 serve its respective territorial area. However, whenever the
262	262	7 minimum signature requirement for an independent candidate
263	263	8 petition for a district or political subdivision office shall
264	264	9 exceed the minimum number of signatures for an independent
265	265	10 candidate petition for an office to be filled by the voters of
266	266	11 the State at large at the next preceding State-wide general
267	267	12 election, such State-wide petition signature requirement shall
268	268	13 be the minimum for an independent candidate petition for such
269	269	14 district or political subdivision office. For the first
270	270	15 election following a redistricting of congressional districts,
271	271	16 nomination papers for an independent candidate for
272	272	17 congressperson shall be signed by at least 5,000 qualified
273	273	18 voters of the congressional district. For the first election
274	274	19 following a redistricting of legislative districts, nomination
275	275	20 papers for an independent candidate for State Senator in the
276	276	21 General Assembly shall be signed by at least 3,000 qualified
277	277	22 voters of the legislative district. For the first election
278	278	23 following a redistricting of representative districts,
279	279	24 nomination papers for an independent candidate for State
280	280	25 Representative in the General Assembly shall be signed by at
281	281	26 least 1,500 qualified voters of the representative district.
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292	292	1 For the first election following redistricting of county board
293	293	2 districts, or of municipal wards or districts, or for the
294	294	3 first election following the initial establishment of such
295	295	4 districts or wards in a county or municipality, nomination
296	296	5 papers for an independent candidate for county board member,
297	297	6 or for alderperson or trustee of such municipality, shall be
298	298	7 signed by qualified voters of the district or ward equal to not
299	299	8 less than 5% nor more than 8% (or 50 more than the minimum,
300	300	9 whichever is greater) of the total number of votes cast at the
301	301	10 preceding general or general municipal election, as the case
302	302	11 may be, for the county or municipal office voted on throughout
303	303	12 such county or municipality for which the greatest total
304	304	13 number of votes were cast for all candidates, divided by the
305	305	14 number of districts or wards, but in any event not less than 25
306	306	15 qualified voters of the district or ward. Each voter signing a
307	307	16 nomination paper shall add to his signature his place of
308	308	17 residence, and each voter may subscribe to one nomination for
309	309	18 such office to be filled, and no more: Provided that the name
310	310	19 of any candidate whose name may appear in any other place upon
311	311	20 the ballot shall not be so added by petition for the same
312	312	21 office.
313	313	22 The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
314	314	23 whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
315	315	24 signature from the petition, provided that;
316	316	25 (1) the person striking the signature shall initial
317	317	26 the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
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329	329	2 (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
330	330	3 certification listing the page number and line number of
331	331	4 each signature struck from the petition. Such
332	332	5 certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
333	333	6 (3) the persons striking signatures from the petition
334	334	7 shall each sign an additional certificate specifying the
335	335	8 number of certification pages listing stricken signatures
336	336	9 which are attached to the petition and the page numbers
337	337	10 indicated on such certifications. The certificate shall be
338	338	11 filed as a part of the petition, shall be numbered, and
339	339	12 shall be attached immediately following the last page of
340	340	13 voters' signatures and before the certifications of
341	341	14 stricken signatures.
342	342	15 (4) all of the foregoing requirements shall be
343	343	16 necessary to effect a valid striking of any signature. The
344	344	17 provisions of this Section authorizing the striking of
345	345	18 signatures shall not impose any criminal liability on any
346	346	19 person so authorized for signatures which may be
347	347	20 fraudulent.
348	348	21 In the case of the offices of Governor and Lieutenant
349	349	22 Governor a joint petition including one candidate for each of
350	350	23 those offices must be filed.
351	351	24 A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a
352	352	25 partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated
353	353	26 for his or her nomination at the primary election, is
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364	364	1 ineligible to be placed on the ballot as an independent
365	365	2 candidate for election in that general or consolidated
366	366	3 election.
367	367	4 A candidate seeking election to an office for which
368	368	5 candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who is
369	369	6 a participant in the caucus and who is defeated for his or her
370	370	7 nomination at such caucus, is ineligible to be listed on the
371	371	8 ballot at that general or consolidated election as an
372	372	9 independent candidate.
373	373	10 A candidate seeking election to an office as an
374	374	11 independent candidate is ineligible to be listed on the ballot
375	375	12 at the general or consolidated election if the candidate has
376	376	13 signed a petition of an established political party or a new
377	377	14 political party for another office during the same election.
378	378	15 (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
379	379	16 (10 ILCS 5/17-16.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-16.1)
380	380	17 Sec. 17-16.1. Except as otherwise provided in this Code,
381	381	18 write-in votes shall be counted only for persons who have
382	382	19 filed notarized declarations of intent to be write-in
383	383	20 candidates with the proper election authority or authorities
384	384	21 not later than 61 days prior to the election. However,
385	385	22 whenever an objection to a candidate's nominating papers or
386	386	23 petitions for any office is sustained under Section 10-10
387	387	24 after the 61st day before the election, then write-in votes
388	388	25 shall be counted for that candidate if he or she has filed a
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399	399	1 notarized declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for
400	400	2 that office with the proper election authority or authorities
401	401	3 not later than 7 days prior to the election.
402	402	4 Forms for the declaration of intent to be a write-in
403	403	5 candidate shall be supplied by the election authorities. Such
404	404	6 declaration shall specify the office for which the person
405	405	7 seeks election as a write-in candidate.
406	406	8 The election authority or authorities shall deliver a list
407	407	9 of all persons who have filed such declarations to the
408	408	10 election judges in the appropriate precincts prior to the
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410	410	12 A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a
411	411	13 partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated
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413	413	15 ineligible to file a declaration of intent to be a write-in
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416	416	18 A candidate seeking election to an office for which
417	417	19 candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who is
418	418	20 a participant in the caucus and who is defeated for his or her
419	419	21 nomination at such caucus is ineligible to file a declaration
420	420	22 of intent to be a write-in candidate for election in that
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422	422	24 A candidate seeking election to an office for which
423	423	25 candidates are nominated at a primary election on a
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435	435	1 nomination at the primary election is ineligible to file a
436	436	2 declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for election
437	437	3 in that general or consolidated election.
438	438	4 A candidate seeking election to an office for which
439	439	5 candidates are nominated at a primary election on a
440	440	6 nonpartisan basis and who has signed a petition of an
441	441	7 established political party or a new political party during
442	442	8 the same primary election is ineligible to file a declaration
443	443	9 of intent to be a write-in candidate for election in that
444	444	10 general or consolidated election.
445	445	11 Nothing in this Section shall be construed to apply to
446	446	12 votes cast under the provisions of subsection (b) of Section
447	447	13 16-5.01.
448	448	14 (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
449	449	15 Section 10. The Township Code is amended by changing
450	450	16 Section 45-50 as follows:
451	451	17 (60 ILCS 1/45-50)
452	452	18 Sec. 45-50. Caucus procedures.
453	453	19 (a) The rules of procedure for conducting a township or
454	454	20 multi-township caucus must be approved and may be amended by a
455	455	21 majority vote of the qualified participants attending the
456	456	22 caucus. No participant shall be able to participate or vote at
457	457	23 any township or multi-township caucus if the person is or was
458	458	24 at anytime during the 12 months before the caucus any of the
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469	469	1 following:
470	470	2 (1) An elected or appointed public official of another
471	471	3 established political party.
472	472	4 (2) An elected or appointed officer, director,
473	473	5 precinct committeeman or representative of the township
474	474	6 committeeman of another established political party.
475	475	7 (3) A judge of election under Article 13 or 14 of the
476	476	8 Election Code for another statewide established political
477	477	9 party.
478	478	10 (4) A voter who voted in the primary election of
479	479	11 another statewide established political party different
480	480	12 from the party holding the caucus.
481	481	13 (5) A person who signed a petition for a candidate of
482	482	14 another established political party, a new political
483	483	15 party, or an independent candidate.
484	484	16 (b) The rules of procedure shall include the following:
485	485	17 (1) No caucus shall commence earlier than 6:00 p.m.
486	486	18 (2) The caucus shall commence at the place specified
487	487	19 in the notice of caucus.
488	488	20 (3) Procedures by which qualified caucus participants
489	489	21 determine by a majority vote the duties of caucus judges
490	490	22 of election. Caucus judges of election shall be appointed
491	491	23 by a majority vote of the township or multi-township
492	492	24 central committee. No judge of the Supreme Court,
493	493	25 appellate court, or circuit court or associate judge shall
494	494	26 serve as a caucus judge of election.
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505	505	1 (4) Nominations for selection as a candidate shall be
506	506	2 accepted from any qualified participant of the caucus.
507	507	3 (5) The method of voting (i.e., written ballot, voice
508	508	4 vote, show of hands, standing vote) for determining the
509	509	5 candidate or candidates selected for nomination.
510	510	6 (6) Whether candidates will be selected as a slate or
511	511	7 as individual nominees for each office.
512	512	8 (7) Whether written notice of intent to be a caucus
513	513	9 nominee is required.
514	514	10 (8) Other rules deemed necessary by the central
515	515	11 committee at the time the rules are promulgated or by the
516	516	12 majority of the qualified caucus participants when the
517	517	13 rules are being considered at their meeting.
518	518	14 (9) A participant in a caucus shall be entitled to
519	519	15 only one vote for each office for which he or she is
520	520	16 voting. A participant's vote shall not be weighted to be
521	521	17 equal to more than one vote.
522	522	18 (c) Individuals participating at an established political
523	523	19 party township or multi-township caucus shall comply with each
524	524	20 of the following:
525	525	21 (1) A participant shall be registered under Article 4,
526	526	22 5, or 6 of the Election Code.
527	527	23 (2) A participant shall be registered within the
528	528	24 territory for which the nomination is made.
529	529	25 (3) A participant shall sign an affidavit that he or
530	530	26 she is a registered voter and affiliated with the
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