{"data":{"id":"us/12-u.s.c.-2208","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"12 U.S.C. § 2208","heading":"Prohibition against use of signed ballots","body":"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—(1) may not use signed ballots; and (2) shall implement measures to safeguard the voting process for the protection of the right of stockholders (or subscribers) to a secret ballot.","path":["Title 12—BANKS AND BANKING","CHAPTER 23—FARM CREDIT SYSTEM"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc12@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:24Z","sha256":"1ecd281ed7dc38a7d740c3a696bd94fca5a57432d2dc345c518266343eb9a673","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/12-u.s.c.-2207","next":"us/12-u.s.c.-2209"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}