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Code · U.S. Code · Title 12 - BANKS AND BANKING · CHAPTER 23— FARM CREDIT SYSTEM · SUBCHAPTER IV— PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO TWO OR MORE CLASSES OF INSTITUTIONS OF THE SYSTEM · § 2208

§ 2208. Prohibition against use of signed ballots

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In any election or merger vote, or other proceeding subject to a vote of the stockholders (or subscribers to the guaranty fund of a bank for cooperatives), conducted by a lending institution of the Farm Credit System, the institution—
(1)may not use signed ballots; and
(2)shall implement measures to safeguard the voting process for the protection of the right of stockholders (or subscribers) to a secret ballot.
(Pub. L. 92–181, title IV, § 4.20, as added Pub. L. 96–592, title IV, § 403, Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3447; amended Pub. L. 100–233, title IV, § 425, Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1657.)
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  • Pub. L. 92–181, title IV, § 4
  • Pub. L. 96–592, title IV, § 403
  • 94 Stat. 3447
  • Pub. L. 100–233, title IV, § 425
  • 101 Stat. 1657
  • Pub. L. 100–233
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§ 2208
Prohibition against use of signed ballots
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 92–181, title IV, § 4
Pub. L.Pub. L. 96–592, title IV, § 403
Stat.94 Stat. 3447
Pub. L.Pub. L. 100–233, title IV, § 425
Stat.101 Stat. 1657
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