The Cannon County FSA Office is hosting an informational meeting Monday, July 30 at 5:00 p.m. to explain the Farm Service Agency’s county committee nomination and election processes. The meeting will be held in the conference room in the Cannon County USDA Service Center located at 740 Old McMinnville Road in Woodbury.
This meeting is being held specifically to place special emphasis on providing County Committee nomination and election information to socially disadvantaged groups representing minority and female farmers and ranchers and organizations that have beginning farmers and ranchers as members.
Representatives of community based organizations, tribal governments, organizations representing socially disadvantaged groups, young farmer and rancher organizations, and land grant institutions are encouraged to attend this meeting.
The deadline to submit nominations for the 2012 County Committee Election is August 1.
FSA-669A’s (committee nomination form) are available in both English and Spanish version at our office.
Persons that cannot visit the office may call the office at 615-563-4321, extension 2 to request a nomination form be mailed to them.
Also, the nomination petitions may be downloaded from the following website:
http://forms.sc.egov.usda.gov/efcommon/eFileServices/eFormsAdmin/FSA0669A_120222V01.pdf
(English version)
and
http://forms.sc.egov.usda.gov/efcommon/eFileServices/eFormsAdmin/FSA0669ASPANISH_120222V01.pdf (Spanish version).
FSA committee elections are open to all voters without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, or disability.
USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. To file a complaint of discrimination, write to USDA, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Stop 9410, Washington, DC 20250-9410, or call toll-free at (866) 632-9992 (English) or (800) 877-8339 (TDD) or (866) 377-8642 (English Federal-relay) or (800) 845-6136 (Spanish Federal-relay).
Phone 615-563-4321 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Fax 615-563-8646
The nomination period for the 2012 Cannon FSA County Committee Election will end August 1, 2012. To nominate an owner, operator, tenant, or sharecropper to represent Local Administrative Area (LAA) # 2, a nomination form (FSA-669A) must be completed. The nomination form must be signed by the nominee stating that the candidate is willing to serve if elected. Nomination forms are available at the Cannon County FSA office, or online at: http://forms.sc.egov.usda.gov/efcommon/eFileServices/eForms/FSA669-A.PDF.
Any Cannon County producer eligible to participate in FSA programs may nominate a candidate. Individuals may nominate themselves or others. In addition, any organizations representing socially disadvantaged farmers may nominate candidates. To hold office as a FSA County Committee member, a person must meet the basic eligibility requirements as follows: 1) participate or cooperate in a program administered by FSA; 2) be eligible to vote in a county committee election; 3) reside in the LAA in which the person is a candidate; 4) must not have been removed or disqualified from the office of FSA County Committee member, alternate, or employee; 5) must not have been removed for cause from any public office or have been convicted of fraud, larceny, embezzlement, or any other felony; and 6) must have not been dishonorable discharged from any branch of the armed services.
Election ballots for the Cannon County Farm Service Agency’s local committee election will be mailed November 5 to all eligible voters in Local Administrative Area # 2, the portions of Cannon County generally described as the communities of Readyville, Auburntown, Bradyville, and Midway. Ballots must be completed and returned in person or postmarked no later than December 3 . The Committee will meet December 5 to canvass, tabulate, and elect a committee person to represent farmers in Local Administrative Area (LAA) #2, currently represented by County Committee Chairperson Charlie Brown.
The farmer-elected committee is your voice in USDA’s programs here in Cannon County. Members of the committee work with area residents to maintain the local focus on many USDA programs, inform people of what’s available, and help producers understand how the programs work
