[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7, Parts 700 to 899]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR717.24]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 717--HOLDING OF REFERENDA--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 717.24  Result of referendum.

    (a) Proclamation of result. The final and official tabulation of the 
votes cast in the referendum shall be made by the Deputy Administrator 
and the result of the referendum will be publicly proclaimed and 
published in the Federal Register. The State summaries and related 
papers shall be filed with such tabulation for a period of 5 years 
available for public inspection in the Department of Agriculture.
    (b) Unofficial announcements of result. Each county committee is 
authorized to issue unofficial reports of the total ``Yes'' and ``No'' 
votes in its county to the press and the public. Each State committee is 
authorized to issue to the press and the public the unofficial result of 
the referendum in its State by counties as rapidly as the votes in the 
various counties are reported to it.
    (c) Investigations. If the Deputy Administrator or the Secretary 
deems it necessary, the report of any community referendum committee, 
county committee, or State committee shall be reexamined and checked by 
such

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persons or agents as may be designated.