Voting procedures.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) Proxy voting by producers and handlers for producer and handler nominees shall be permitted at all district conventions: (1) The proxy voter's name, address, and telephone number; (2) Signature and date signed; (3) A certification identifying the proxy voter as a producer or a handler; and (4) A statement identifying the person being given authority by the proxy voter to cast the proxy vote. (b) In non-multi-State districts, convention chairpersons shall be elected by a majority vote of the eligible voters in attendance. In multi-State districts, the election shall be by majority vote of all States present with each State's vote(s) determined by a majority vote of the eligible voters of that State in attendance. Each such State is entitled to one vote, plus one additional vote for each 500,000 hundredweight volume of production in the State as determined by the three-year average annual crop production summary reports of the Department or, if such reports are not published, then the three-year average of the Board's assessment reports: (c) In multi-State districts, the convention chairperson will direct the eligible producer voters and handler voters from each State to caucus separately for the purpose of electing a State spokesperson for each group. Election of each State spokesperson shall be by simple majority of all individual voters in attendance. In lieu of written ballots, a State spokesperson may be elected by voice vote or a show of hands. The role of the State s

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 1210.403