[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7, Parts 700 to 899]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
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[CITE: 7CFR717.2]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 717--HOLDING OF REFERENDA--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 717.2  Supervision of referenda and prescribed method of balloting.

    (a) Supervision of referenda. The Deputy Administrator shall be in 
charge of and responsible for conducting each referendum required by the 
Act. Each State committee shall be in charge of and responsible for 
conducting such referendum in its State. Each county committee shall be 
responsible for the proper holding of such referendum in its county. It 
shall be the duty of the Deputy Administrator and of each committee to 
conduct each referendum by secret ballot in a fair, unbiased, and 
impartial manner in accordance with this part.
    (b) Prescribed method of balloting. Each referendum held under this 
part shall be by mail ballot unless the Administrator, FSA, or the 
Deputy Administrator prescribes that a particular referendum shall be 
held at polling places.