[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: 7CFR717.8]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 717--HOLDING OF REFERENDA--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 717.8  Notice of referendum.

    (a) Posting a notice. The county committee shall give public notice 
of the referendum in each referendum community by posting a notice at 
one or more places open to the public within such community prior to the 
date of the referendum. Such notice shall be on a form prescribed by the 
Deputy Administrator and shall state the commodity or commodities and 
marketing year, or years, or crops for which the referendum is to be 
held, the location of the polling place in the community, the date of 
the referendum, and the

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hours when the polls will be opened and closed. The county executive 
director is authorized to sign such notice on behalf of the county 
committee.
    (b) Use of agencies of public information. The county committee and 
community referendum committees shall utilize, to the extent practicable 
(without advertising expense), all available agencies of public 
information, including newspapers, radio, television and other means, to 
give persons in the county public notice of the day and hours of voting, 
the location of polling places, and the rules governing eligibility to 
vote. Such notice should be given as soon as practicable after the 
arrangements for holding the referendum in the county have been made.