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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

SPECIALTY CROP PROGRAM

CRANBERRY MARKETING COMMITTEE

MEMBER AND ALTERNATE MEMBER NOMINATION FORM

I hereby nominate the following person(s) as nominee(s) to serve on the Cranberry Marketing Committee 

(Committee) to represent growers from the Cranberry Marketing Order District No. ______ who are not 

from major cooperatives, during the two-year term commencing August 1, 20___. Nominees will have 

their names placed on a ballot that will be voted on by growers who are not affiliated with major 

cooperatives from the Cranberry Marketing Order District No. _____, to determine which nominee(s) will 

be elected to serve as member(s) and alternate member(s), subject to final selection by the Secretary of 

Agriculture of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

NOMINEES

(PRINT NAMES)

I am a grower that produces cranberries in District No. ________. (Please specify District Number.) 

District 1: the States of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut; District 2: the States of New Jersey 

and Long Island in the State of New York; District 3: the States of Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota; 

and District 4: the States of Oregon and Washington.

Name of person making nomination Signature of person making nomination

Nominations must be postmarked by _________ in order to be counted.

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In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its 

Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on 

race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, 

family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in 

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