---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1230.632"
title: "7"
number: "1230.632"
heading: "Receiving ballots."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1230.632"
---

# §1230.632. Receiving ballots.

- (a) **Producers.** A ballot shall be considered to be received on time if:
  - (1) It was cast in-person in the county FSA office prior to the close of business on the date of the last day of the in-person voting period; or
  - (2) It was cast as an absentee ballot, having a postmarked date not later than the last day of the in-person voting period and was received in the county FSA office not later than the close of business, 5 business days after the last day of the in-person voting period.
- (b) **Importers.** A ballot shall be considered to be received on time if it had a postmarked date not later than the date of the last day of the in-person voting period and was received in the FSA headquarters office in Washington, DC, not later than the close of business, 5 business days after the last day of the in-person voting period.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 65 FR 43508, July 13, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 4801-4819 and 7 U.S.C. 7401.