No Form number (987) CA Date Producer Ballot

OMB No. 0581-0178

CALIFORNIA DATE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE

P.O. Box 1736

Indio, CA 92202-1736

Tel: (760) 347-4510 Fax: (760) 347-6374

PRODUCER BALLOT NO. ______

The following persons have been nominated as candidates for producer member positions on the California Date Administrative Committee (Committee) for the term of office ending July 31, 20___. To qualify as a producer member, candidates must be a producer, or an officer or employee of a producer, of Deglet Noor, Halawy, Khadrawy, or Zahidi dates. Candidates SHALL NOT BE HANDLERS or directors, officers or employees of a handler. (Refer to the VOTER ELIGIBILITY CERTIFICATION for voter eligibility requirements and the attached voting instructions before completing this Ballot.)

You may vote for THREE producer members and THREE alternate producer members. Make your selection from the candidates listed below, or write in persons of your own choice, but make certain they qualify and are willing to serve on the Committee if selected and appointed. Do not list the same candidate for more than one position or your Ballot will be invalidated.

Candidates:

I vote for the following:

Producer Members		Alternate Producer Members

I hereby certify to the U. S. Department of Agriculture and the Committee that I am a producer of Deglet Noor, Halawy, Khadrawy, or Zahidi dates and am qualified to vote for producer representatives to serve on the Committee, and further, that if this Ballot is cast on an absentee basis, that I have personally completed this Ballot.

Signature: _______________________________________________ Date: _______________________________

Name of Firm: ___________________________________________ Phone No. : __________________________

Title: ___________________________________________________

NOTE: Completed Ballots must be received by the Committee no later than ___ p.m., June ___, 20___ in order to be counted. Ballots may be mailed or faxed to the Committee at the address above, or delivered to the Committee at USDA Service Center, 82-901 Bliss Avenue, Indio, CA. BALLOTS THAT ARE RECEIVED LATE OR RECEIVED WITHOUT COMPLETION OF THE CERTIFICATION OF VOTER ELIGIBILITY WILL BE CONSIDERED INVALID. NO PROXY VOTING IS PERMITTED.

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