The Sidney herald., 1955-06-16
Voting Places
Selected for Wheat
Referendum

Twelve places where RlchIand
county wheat producers may vote
in the June IS wheat marketing
quota referendum have been des-
ignated by the county ASC COM
mittee.
The polling places will be:
Andes, Andes hall; Enid-Lane,
Rosaaen school house; Fairview,
IOOF hall; Hillcrest, Grand View
hall; Mona, Mona hall; Lambert,
Lambert high school;
Savage dry, Savage irrigated,
Sidney dry, Sidney irrigated.
Sioux Pass, Sioux Pass hall;
Three Buttes, Three Buttes school.
An eligible voter may cast his
ballot either in the community in
which he resides or in the COM
munity in which he will be en-
gagged in the production of wheat
for 1856. Persons who on the day
of the referendum will not be
present in the county in which
they are eligible to vote or who
for religious belief may not par
ticipate in the referendum on Sat-
urday may utilize absentee bal
lots" which can be secured from
any county ASC office.
Polls in Richland county will
open at 900 a. m. and will re-
main open until 900 p. m, chm,
Anderson, of the county ASC COM
mittee says. All wheat producers
who will be entitled to a share
in the proceeds of the 1856 wheat
crop from a farm which will have
more than Is acres of wheat for
harvest next year r eligible to
vote.
Provisions made for absentee
voting in referendum: Wheat
growers whose religious belief
forbids them voting on Saturday
and producers who will be eb-
sent on Referendum day, June
rs, from the county in which they
are eligible to vote may vote by
use of absentee ballots, Chair
man Anderson of the County ASC
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Wheat growers who will be alb
sent from their home county may
get a ballot from any convenient
ASC office before the referendum.
In casting the ballot, the absen-
tee must sign and mail it in a
sealed envelope to the ASC Of
flee in the county where he is
eligible to vote. The envelope must
be marked absentee Ballot" and
must be received in the county
ASC office not later than 500
p. m, June 25.
Eligible wheat producers whose
religious belief opposes participa-
ton in the referendum on Satur-
day may go to their county ASC
office any day of the 5 : day
period June 20 to "a and cast a
ballot. They will ballot similarly
to absentee voters excepting that
the voted ballot will be placed in
a sealed envelope and left at the
county ASC office.
If 2/3 or more of the nations
wheat growers voting in the ref
erendum approve marketing quo
tas will continue in effect for the
1856 crop. This will mean that
price support within a probable
range of 5 to 82% of parity will
be available to those who stay
within their farms wheat acreage
allotment. Those who exceed the
larger of the farm allotment or
Is acres will be subject to a pen
atty equal to 45% of parity on the
excess production, and price sup
port will not be available for any
of their 1856 wheat crop.
If more than 1/3 of the grow
ers voting disapprove, marketing
quotas will not be in effect and
price support will be available
at 500 of parity for those farm
ers who stay within the wheat
acreage allotment for their farms
Those who exceed their farm
wheat allotmentS will not be elig-
ible for price support.