{"identifier":"/us/usc/t12/s2208","title":12,"num":"\u00a7\u202f2208.","heading":"Prohibition against use of signed ballots","text":"\u00a7\u202f2208.\nProhibition against use of signed ballots\nIn 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\u2014\n(1) may not use signed ballots; and\n(2) shall implement measures to safeguard the voting process for the protection of the right of stockholders (or subscribers) to a secret ballot.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t12/s2208.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t12/s2208","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f2208."},{"t":"heading","text":"Prohibition against use of signed ballots","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"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\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t12/s2208/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" may not use signed ballots; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t12/s2208/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" shall implement measures to safeguard the voting process for the protection of the right of stockholders (or subscribers) to a secret ballot.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}