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responsible tor keeping their neighbors informed about the programs. The county committee supervises the ASCS county office and is responsible for the administration of the various programs.
The Chairman explained that ballots are being sent by mail to each known eligible voter. In case eligible voters fail to receive a ballot through the mail, the county office should be contacted to provide one. Generally, a farm owner, tenant, or sharecropper is eligible to vote if he is eligible to take part in one or more of the programs administered by the ASC committees, Eligibility to vote or to hold office as a committeeman is not restricted by reason of race, color, creed, sex or national origin. Envelopes containing marked ballots may be mailed or returned to the ASCS county office by September 17, 1968. BaHots will be tabulated publicly by the county committee September 19, 1968. The public is invited to witness the. vote counting.
For each committee three regular members and two alternates will be elected. The chairman, vice chairman, and regular members of the elected ASC community committee will also serve as delegates to the county convention to be held later this month. The alternate committeemen will also serve as alternate delegates to the convention. Delegates to the convention will elect farmers to fill vacancies on the ASC county committee and they will also determine which of the regular county committeemen will serve as chairman and vice chairman for the coming year.
Questions on eligibility to vote and to hold office or on the election procedure will \>e determined by the ASC county committee subject to appeal to the ASC State Committee.
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