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County Committee Elections

County Committee Elections. Why participate?. FSA County Committees. Exist to help the area’s farmers and ranchers Help deliver federal programs locally. County Committee Role. Committees make decisions on:. Price support loans & payments Acreage verification Conservation programs

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County Committee Elections

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  1. County Committee Elections

  2. Why participate?

  3. FSA County Committees • Exist to help the area’s farmers and ranchers • Help deliver federal programs locally

  4. County Committee Role Committees make decisions on: • Price support loans & payments • Acreage verification • Conservation programs • Incentive, indemnity & disaster payments • Other farm disaster assistance

  5. Committee Basics • Meet once a month • 3-5 members • Members serve 3-year terms • Advisors appointed to represent women & minority interests

  6. Candidates • Must be a producer participating or cooperating in an FSA-administered program • Be of legal voting age • Live in the local administrative area (LAA)

  7. Nominations • Begin June 15 • Forms available online or from an FSA office • Nominate yourself or others • Nominee must sign form • Forms submitted/postmarked by August 1

  8. Who Can Vote? • Agricultural producer: • Of legal voting age; and • Participating/cooperating in FSA programs; or • Person younger than voting age, but supervises and conducts entire farm operation.

  9. Types of Voters • Individual Voters • Nonindividual voters • Spouses in community property states • American Indian tribal lands members

  10. Types of Voters: • Individual Voters • Eligible to vote on one’s own right • Partner in a general partnership • Member of a joint venture

  11. Types of Voters: • Nonindividual Voters • Corporation, estate, trust, limited partnership, or other business enterprise • State, political subdivision of a state, or state agency

  12. Types of Voters • Spouses in community property states

  13. Types of Voters • Every member of an American Indian tribe is eligible to vote: • If agricultural land is tribally owned or held in trust for the tribe by the U.S.; and • Meets eligibility requirements.

  14. Voting Limitations • Voters may cast only one vote per county, • even if they have: • Separate farms in the county committee jurisdiction; or • Farms in more than one LAA in same county or multi-county jurisdiction

  15. Voting Period November 2 - December 3, 2007

  16. Minority & Women Producers • USDA is committed to: • Increasing women & minority producers on committees • Increasing the number of women & minority producers who vote

  17. Advisors • Recommended by county committee or community-based organization • Appointed by FSA state committee • Give voice to minority and women producers

  18. For More Information • Visit your local FSA office or USDA Service Center • Go online: www.fsa.usda.gov

  19. Election Timeline • June 15 - Nominations begin • August 1 - Last day to file nomination forms • November 2 - Ballots mailed to voters • December 3 - Last dayto return ballots • Jan. 1, 2008 - Elected members take office

  20. County Committee Elections

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