OMB No. 0581-0178

(Exp. 3/31/2024) Destroy previous editions.

CALIFORNIA DATE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE

P.O. Box 1736

Indio, CA 92202-1736

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

VOTER ELIGIBILITYCERTIFICATE

VOTER ELIGIBILITY: Producers who delivered dates to handlers in the current marketing year shall be eligible to 

vote for producer nominees unless such producers also have a proprietary interest in a date packing facility, as 

explained in the attached voting guidelines.

Please provide the following information. The Ballot will be invalidated if this certification is not completed.

I, __________________________________, of ______________________________________________________

Print Name Address

do hereby certify that I am a producer of Deglet Noor, Halawy, Khadrawy, or Zahidi dates and that I am qualified to 

vote for producer representatives to serve on the California Date Administrative Committee (Committee). I also 

certify that I have no proprietary interest in a date packing facility. (For purpose of this Ballot, ownership of stock 

in a date packing facility does not preclude an individual from voting as a producer, unless ownership of such stock 

allows the stockholder to dictate policy in the operation and management of said packing facility.)

I further certify that I have voted on the attached Ballot as one of the following:

□ Owner-operator □ Partnership – Name: ______________________________________________

Partners: _________________________________________________________

□ Cash rent tenant □ Corporation – Name: _____________________________________________

Date of Incorporation: ______________________________________________

□ Share tenant □ Estate – Name:__________________________________________________

□ Share landlord □ Trust – Name: ___________________________________________________

□ Other – Specify:______________________________________________________________________________

Name(s) of handler(s) to whom I have delivered dates this marketing year (October 1, 20___through April30, 

20___): ________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

Signature: _______________________________________ Date: ______________________________________

Title: ___________________________________________ Phone No.: _________________________________

Title (if Corporation, Estate or Trust): ______________________________________________________________

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