Docket Number: AMS–SC–23–0060]
Dates
This referendum will be conducted from April 8, 2024, through April 19, 2024. Eligible persons will receive a ballot through mail and will cast a ballot either through express mail or electronic ballot. To be eligible to vote, each person who is an eligible producer, at the time of the referendum and during the representative period from January 1 through December 31, 2022, shall be entitled to cast a ballot in the referendum. Ballots delivered to AMS via express mail or electronic ballot must show proof of delivery by no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on April 19, 2024, to be counted.
Summary
This document directs that a referendum be conducted among eligible producers of peanuts to determine whether they favor continuance of the Agriculture Marketing Service's (AMS) regulations regarding a national peanut research and promotion program.
Contact
Victoria M. Carpenter, Marketing Specialist, MDD, SCP, AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room 1406–S, Stop 0244, Washington, DC 20250–0244; Telephone: (202) 400–1865; or Email: VictoriaM.Carpenter@usda.gov.
Supporting Documents