[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: 7CFR717.19]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 717--HOLDING OF REFERENDA--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 717.19  Manner of voting.

    (a) Voting procedure. Each person to whom a ballot is issued by mail 
or in person may vote in the referendum by marking the ballot so as to 
indicate clearly how the vote is cast, placing the ballot in a plain 
envelope, sealing the envelope provided by FSA which is marked clearly 
with the voter's name and return address, signing the certification on 
such envelope or making his mark thereto (which mark shall be 
witnessed), sealing such envelope, and delivering or mailing the 
envelope to the offfice of the county committee for the county in which 
the person is eligible to vote.
    (b) Voting by proxy prohibited. There shall be no voting by proxy or 
agent except as provided in Sec. 717.3.

(Secs. 312, 317, 336, 343, 344, 354, 358, 375, 52 Stat. 46, as amended, 
79 Stat. 66, 52 Stat. 55, as amended, 56, as amended, 79 Stat. 1197, 52 
Stat. 61, as amended, 55 Stat. 88, as amended, 52 Stat. 66, as amended; 
7 U.S.C. 1312, 1314c, 1336, 1343, 1344b, 1354, 1356, 1375)

[Amdt. 2, 36 FR 12730, July 7, 1971, as amended by Amdt. 4, 49 FR 24371, 
June 13, 1984]