[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR717.13]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 717--HOLDING OF REFERENDA--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 717.13  Community committee's reporting and record of results of referendum.

    The community referendum committee shall notify the county committee 
by telephone, telegraph, messenger, or in person of the preliminary 
count of the votes on each question and of the number of spoiled and 
challenged ballots, as soon as may be possible. All the spoiled ballots 
shall be placed in an envelope and sealed and marked with the initials 
of the chairman (or vice chairman) of the community referendum committee 
and the designation ``Spoiled Ballots'' followed by the number of 
spoiled ballots and the names of the community, the county and the 
State. The community referendum committee shall execute the 
certification as to the accuracy of the register of eligible voters and 
ballots cast. The community referendum committee shall then prepare and 
execute the community summary of ballots and post one copy thereof, as 
soon as it is executed, in a conspicuous place at the polling place, so 
that it will remain posted and accessible to the public for at least 3 
calendar days after the holding of the referendum. The community 
referendum committee shall seal the voted ballots, including those 
challenged and spoiled, the register of eligible voters and ballots 
cast, and the community summary of ballots, in one or more envelopes 
appropriately identified by the names of the community, the county, and 
the State, and the nature of the referendum and the date on which it was 
held, and deliver them to the county committee not later than 9 a.m., 
local time, on the second calendar day after the date of the referendum, 
together with the unused ballot and other forms. The chairman (or vice 
chairman) of the community referendum committee shall be responsible for 
the safe delivery of such reports, ballots, and forms to the county 
committee.

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