[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: 28CFR51.17]

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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. 51.17  Special elections.

    (a) The conduct of a special election (e.g., an election to fill a 
vacancy; an initiative, referendum, or recall election; or a bond issue 
election) is subject to the preclearance requirement to the extent that 
the jurisdiction makes changes in the practices or procedures to be 
followed.
    (b) Any discretionary setting of the date for a special election or 
scheduling of events leading up to or following a special election is 
subject to the preclearance requirement.
    (c) A jurisdiction conducting a referendum election to ratify a 
change in a practice or procedure that affects voting may submit the 
change to be voted on at the same time that it submits any changes 
involved in the conduct of the referendum election. A jurisdiction 
wishing to receive preclearance for the change to be ratified should 
state clearly that such preclearance is being requested. See Sec. 51.22 
of this part.