---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 7.8"
title: "7"
number: "7.8"
heading: "Nominations for county committee."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/7.8"
---

# §7.8. Nominations for county committee.

- (a) Nominations to the county committee will be publicly solicited with a closing date for nominations not less than 90 days prior to the election date.
- (b) Each solicitation for nomination will include the nondiscrimination statement used by the Secretary.
- (c) To be eligible for nomination for election in a single county jurisdiction in the local administrative area conducting the election, a person must be a farmer or rancher residing within that local administrative area under the jurisdiction of the county committee. In a multiple county jurisdiction, or in the case where an local administrative area or county boundary runs through a farm, a person will only be eligible for nomination in the jurisdiction and local administrative area in which the person's records are administered.
- (d) To be eligible, nominees must be farmers or ranchers who:
  - (1) Participated in a program administered within an area under the jurisdiction of the county committee; or
  - (2) **At the time of the deadline to submit nominations, cooperate as evidenced in county office records.**
- (e) Nominations of eligible farmers and ranchers will be solicited and accepted from organizations representing the interests of socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.
- (f) Eligible farmers and ranchers may nominate themselves or other farmers and ranchers who meet the nomination criteria in [paragraph (d)](#d) of this section, and who certify their willingness to serve on the county committee.
- (g) If elected, nominees must meet all the eligibility requirements in [§ 7.18](/cfr/7/7.18.md) to serve as county committee members.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2279-1, 16 U.S.C. 590d and 590h.

### Source

Source: 77 FR 33070, June 5, 2012, unless otherwise noted.