[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR51.10]

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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. 51.10  Requirement of action for declaratory judgment or submission to the Attorney General.

    Section 5 requires that, prior to enforcement of any change 
affecting voting, the jurisdiction that has enacted or seeks to 
administer the change must either:
    (a) Obtain a judicial determination from the U.S. District Court for 
the District of Columbia that denial or abridgment of the right to vote 
on account of race, color, or membership in a language minority group is 
not the purpose and will not be the effect of the change or
    (b) Make to the Attorney General a proper submission of the change 
to which no objection is interposed.

It is unlawful to enforce a change affecting voting without obtaining 
preclearance under section 5. The obligation to obtain such preclearance 
is not relieved by unlawful enforcement.

[52 FR 490, Jan. 6, 1987; 52 FR 2648, Jan. 23, 1987]