7 CFR 1280.628
§ 1280.628 Counting ballots.
United States · 7 CFR — Agriculture · Status: effective
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- 7 CFR 1280.628, § 1280.628 Counting ballots, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/25313
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(a) Form LS-86 shall be counted by county FSA offices on the same day as the ballots are canvassed if there are no ineligibility determinations to resolve. For those county FSA offices that do have ineligibility determinations, the requests shall be counted no later than the 14th business day following the final day of the voting period.
(b) Ballots shall be counted as follows:
(1) Number of valid ballots cast;
(2) Number of persons favoring the Order;
(3) Number of persons not favoring the Order;
(4) Volume of production voted favoring the continuation of the Order;
(5) Volume of production voted not favoring the continuation of the Order; and
(6) Number of invalid ballots.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.