Canvassing voting ballots.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) Canvassing of form LS-86 shall take place at the county FSA offices on the 6th business day following the final day of the voting period. Such canvassing, acting on behalf of the Administrator, AMS, shall be in the presence of at least two members of the county committee. If two or more of the counties have been combined and are served by one county office, the canvassing of the requests shall be conducted by at least one member of the county committee from each county served by the county office. The FSA State committee or the State Executive Director, if authorized by the State Committee, may designate the County Executive Director (CED) and a county or State FSA office employee to canvass the ballots and report the results instead of two members of the county committee when it is determined that the number of eligible voters is so limited that having two members of the county committee present (b) Form LS-86 should be canvassed as follows: (1) (2) (c) (d) (1) Form LS-86 is not signed or all required information has not been provided; (2) Form LS-86 and supporting documentation returned in-person or by facsimile was not received by close of business on the last business day of the voting period; (3) Form LS-86 and supporting documentation returned by mail was not postmarked by midnight of the final day of the voting period; (4) Form LS-86 and supporting documentation returned by mail was not received in the county FSA office by the 5th business day following the final d

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 1280.627