[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 28CFR51.1]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 51--PROCEDURES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF SECTION 5 OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965, AS AMENDED--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 51.1  Purpose.


    (a) Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 
U.S.C. 1973c, prohibits the enforcement in any jurisdiction covered by 
section 4(b) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 1973b(b), of any voting qualification 
or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure with 
respect to voting different from that in force or effect on the date 
used to determine coverage, until either:
    (1) A declaratory judgment is obtained from the U.S. District Court 
for the District of Columbia that such qualification, prerequisite, 
standard, practice, or procedure does not have the purpose and will not 
have the effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of 
race, color, or membership in a language minority group, or
    (2) It has been submitted to the Attorney General and the Attorney 
General has interposed no objection within a 60-day period following 
submission.
    (b) In order to make clear the responsibilities of the Attorney 
General under section 5 and the interpretation of the Attorney General 
of the responsibility imposed on others under this section, the 
procedures in this part have been established to govern the 
administration of section 5.