REMOVAL OF CERTAIN SUNSET PROVISIONS; PROHIBITION AGAINST USE OF SIGNED BALLOTS.

SEC. 425. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN SUNSET PROVISIONS; PROHIBITION AGAINST USE OF SIGNED BALLOTS. Section 4.20 (12 U.S.C. 2208) is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 4.20. PROHIBITION AGAINST USE OF SIGNED BALLOTS. “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.”.