Upon certification of the commission, the director shall contact all producers in each district by mail, or call meetings of producers in each district, for the purpose of nominating and electing persons to the commission as provided for in Section 73102.

All producers on the director’s list shall be given written notice of the meetings at least 15 days prior to the meeting date.

Any producer with navel orange acreage in more than one district shall vote only in the district in which he or she has the majority of his or her bearing acreage.

Any producer who qualifies as both a cooperative producer and independent producer shall vote in the category of producers, either cooperative or independent, which reflects where the majority of that producer’s volume of navel oranges are to be marketed.