[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: 28CFR51.13]

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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. 51.13  Examples of changes.

    Changes affecting voting include, but are not limited to, the 
following examples:
    (a) Any change in qualifications or eligibility for voting.
    (b) Any change concerning registration, balloting, and the counting 
of votes and any change concerning publicity for or assistance in 
registration or voting.
    (c) Any change with respect to the use of a language other than 
English in any aspect of the electoral process.
    (d) Any change in the boundaries of voting precincts or in the 
location of polling places.
    (e) Any change in the constituency of an official or the boundaries 
of a voting unit (e.g., through redistricting, annexation, deannexation, 
incorporation, reapportionment, changing to at-large elections from 
district elections, or changing to district elections from at-large 
elections).
    (f) Any change in the method of determining the outcome of an 
election (e.g., by requiring a majority vote for election or the use of 
a designated post or place system).
    (g) Any change affecting the eligibility of persons to become or 
remain candidates, to obtain a position on the ballot in primary or 
general elections, or to become or remain holders of elective offices.
    (h) Any change in the eligibility and qualification procedures for 
independent candidates.
    (i) Any change in the term of an elective office or an elected 
official or in the offices that are elective (e.g., by shortening the 
term of an office, changing from election to appointment or staggering 
the terms of offices).
    (j) Any change affecting the necessity of or methods for offering 
issues and propositions for approval by referendum.
    (k) Any change affecting the right or ability of persons to 
participate in political campaigns which is effected by a jurisdiction 
subject to the requirement of section 5.