[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: 28CFR51.16]

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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. 51.16  Distinction between changes in procedure and changes in substance.

    The failure of the Attorney General to interpose an objection to a 
procedure for instituting a change affecting voting does not exempt the 
substantive change from the preclearance requirement. For example, if 
the procedure for the approval of an annexation is changed from city 
council approval to approval in a referendum, the preclearance of the 
new procedure does not exempt an annexation accomplished under the new 
procedure from the preclearance requirement.