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7 Pa. Code § 103.7. Ballots.

§ 103.7. Ballots.

 (a)  An individual producer ballot shall contain the following items:

   (1)  The name of the commodity program.

   (2)  Provision for ‘‘yes’’ and ‘‘no’’ votes.

   (3)  Space for the producer to indicate his production volume for the period specified in the referendum order, in the case of a referendum on a proposed program or amendment.

   (4)  In the case of a program providing for representative voting, the voter shall indicate the name of the cooperative of which he was a member as of the record date specified in the referendum order.

   (5)  The voter shall sign the ballot and indicate his post office address and county of residence.

 (b)  A representative ballot shall contain provision for the cooperative to indicate its ‘‘yes’’ or ‘‘no’’ vote, the number of its eligible producer members as of the record date specified in the referendum order, and, in the case of a referendum on a proposed program or amendment, the volume of commodity produced or marketed by or for those members for the period specified in the referendum order.

 (c)  A representative ballot shall be signed by an official in the name of the cooperative, certifying that the representative vote is in accordance with action taken by the cooperative’s board of directors and that the cooperative membership has been notified in writing of the board’s action at least 30 days prior to casting the representative vote.

 (d)  The representative ballot submitted by a cooperative shall be accompanied by a notarized, alphabetized list of eligible members as of the record date specified in the referendum order.

Source

   The provisions of this §  103.7 adopted August 25, 1972, effective August 26, 1972, 2 Pa.B. 1607; amended April 27, 1973, effective April 28, 1973, 3 Pa.B. 762. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (6742).



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