[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: 7CFR717.22]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 717--HOLDING OF REFERENDA--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 717.22  Reporting and record of result of the referendum.

    (a) County committee. The county committee shall notify the State 
committee by telephone, telegraph, or messenger (who may be a member of 
the county committee), as to the preliminary count of the votes on each 
question and the number of challenged ballots as soon as possible. The 
county committee shall, as soon as may be reasonably possible, but in no 
event later than 4 calendar days after canvassing of the ballots, have 
prepared and certified the county summary of ballots. Such summary shall 
be prepared and certified in triplicate, one copy of which shall be sent 
to the State committee, one copy posted for 30 calendar days in a 
conspicuous place accessible to the public in or near the office of the 
county committee, and one copy filed in the office of the county 
committee and kept available for public inspection.
    (b) State committee. The State committee for each State shall notify 
the Deputy Administrator by telephone or telegraph as to the preliminary 
count of the votes in the State as soon as the preliminary results of 
the referendum are made known to the State committee. The county 
summaries of ballots shall be summarized on the State summary of ballots 
as soon as possible, but in no event later than 7 calendar days after 
canvassing of the ballots, unless there is a dispute or challenge 
regarding the correctness of the summary for any county, in which case 
the State committee shall complete its investigation thereof, decide the 
dispute or challenge, and prepare the State summary accordingly within 
14 calendar days after canvassing of the ballots. The State summary 
shall be prepared in triplicate and certified to by the State executive 
director. The original and one copy of the State summary shall be 
forwarded to the Director of the FSA Division having the responsibility 
for the commodity for which the referendum was held. One copy of the 
State summary shall be filed for a period of 5 years in the office of 
State committee available for public inspection.

[Amdt. 1, 34 FR 12940, Aug. 9, 1969]

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