[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7, Parts 700 to 899]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
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[CITE: 7CFR717.25]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 717--HOLDING OF REFERENDA--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 717.25  Disposition of ballots and records.

    The county committee shall seal the voted ballots, challenged 
ballots found to be ineligible, spoiled ballots, unopened certification 
envelopes, register sheets, and community summaries for the county in 
one or more envelopes or packages, plainly marked with the 
identification of the referendum, the date, and the names of the county 
and State, and place them under lock in a safe place under the custody 
of the county office manager for a period of 30 calendar days after the 
date of the referendum. If no notice to the contrary is received by the 
end of such time, the voted ballots, challenged ballots, spoiled 
ballots, and unopened certification envelopes shall be destroyed, but 
the registers and community and county summary sheets and the register 
of absentee ballots shall be filed for a period of 5 years in the office 
of the county committee.