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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5312

Introduced 2/10/2026, by Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

60 ILCS 1/45-50

Amends the Township Code. Provides that a participant in a caucus
shall not, before or after participating in a township or multi-township
caucus, take part in the proceedings of more than one established
political party township and multi-township caucus for the same election.
Defines "same election" to mean an election in the same township office
held during the same election cycle.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning local government.

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

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

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

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another statewide established political party different
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from the party holding the caucus.

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(b) The rules of procedure shall include the following:
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(1) No caucus shall commence earlier than 6:00 p.m.
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(2) The caucus shall commence at the place specified
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in the notice of caucus.
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(3) Procedures by which qualified caucus participants
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determine by a majority vote the duties of caucus judges
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of election. Caucus judges of election shall be appointed
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by a majority vote of the township or multi-township
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central committee. No judge of the Supreme Court,
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appellate court, or circuit court or associate judge shall
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serve as a caucus judge of election.
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(4) Nominations for selection as a candidate shall be
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accepted from any qualified participant of the caucus.
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(5) The method of voting (i.e., written ballot, voice
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vote, show of hands, standing vote) for determining the
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candidate or candidates selected for nomination.
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(6) Whether candidates will be selected as a slate or
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as individual nominees for each office.
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(7) Whether written notice of intent to be a caucus
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nominee is required.
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(8) Other rules deemed necessary by the central
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committee at the time the rules are promulgated or by the
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majority of the qualified caucus participants when the
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rules are being considered at their meeting.

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(9) A participant in a caucus shall be entitled to
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only one vote for each office for which he or she is
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voting. A participant's vote shall not be weighted to be
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equal to more than one vote.
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(c) Individuals participating at an established political
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party township or multi-township caucus shall comply with each
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of the following:
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(1) A participant shall be registered under Article 4,
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5, or 6 of the Election Code.
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(2) A participant shall be registered within the
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territory for which the nomination is made.
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(3) A participant shall sign an affidavit that he or
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she is a registered voter and affiliated with the
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established political party holding the caucus.
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(4) A participant shall not take part in the
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proceedings of more than one established political party
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township and multi-township caucus for the same election.
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This requirement also applies to the township and
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multi-township clerks.
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(5) A participant shall not
, before or after
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participating in a township or multi-township caucus,
sign
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a petition of nomination for an independent or new
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political party candidate for the same election.
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(6) A participant shall not become an independent
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candidate or a candidate of another established political
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party or a new political party for the same election.

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(d) The voters participating at an established political
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party township or multi-township caucus shall not select for
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nomination more candidates than there are to be elected for
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each office.
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(e) No candidate for nomination at a township or
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multi-township caucus shall be required to do either of the
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following:
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(1) Circulate and file nominating petitions to become
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a candidate at the caucus.
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(2) File a fee to become a candidate at the caucus.
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(f) For purposes of this Section "same election" means an
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election in the same township office held during the same
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election cycle.

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(Source: P.A. 100-219, eff. 8-18-17.)

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