[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: 28CFR51.2]

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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. 51.2  Definitions.

    As used in this part--
    Act means the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 79 Stat. 437, as amended by 
the Civil Rights Act of 1968, 82 Stat. 73, the Voting Rights Act 
Amendments of 1970, 84 Stat. 314, the District of Columbia Delegate Act, 
84 Stat. 853, the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1975, 89 Stat. 400, 
and the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982, 96 Stat. 131, 42 U.S.C. 
1973 et seq. Section numbers, such as ``section 14(c)(3),'' refer to 
sections of the Act.
    Attorney General means the Attorney General of the United States or 
the delegate of the Attorney General.
    Change affecting voting means any voting qualification, 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 under section 4(b) and includes, inter alia, the examples given 
in Sec. 51.13.
    Covered jurisdiction is used to refer to a State, where the 
determination referred to in Sec. 51.4 has been made on a statewide 
basis, and to a political subdivision, where the determination has not 
been made on a statewide basis.
    Language minorities or language minority group is used, as defined 
in the Act, to refer to persons who are American Indian, Asian American, 
Alaskan Natives, or of Spanish heritage. (Sections 14(c)(3) and 203(e)). 
See 28 CFR part 55, Interpretative Guidelines: Implementation of the 
Provisions of the Voting Rights Act Regarding Language Minority Groups.
    Political subdivision is used, as defined in the Act, to refer to 
``any county or parish, except that where registration for voting is not 
conducted under the supervision of a county or parish, the term shall 
include any other subdivision of a State which conducts registration for 
voting.'' (Section 14(c)(2)).
    Preclearance is used to refer to the obtaining of the declaratory 
judgment described in section 5, to the failure of the Attorney General 
to interpose an objection pursuant to section 5, or to the withdrawal of 
an objection by the Attorney General pursuant to Sec. 51.48(b).
    Submission is used to refer to the written presentation to the 
Attorney General by an appropriate official of any change affecting 
voting.
    Submitting authority means the jurisdiction on whose behalf a 
submission is made.
    Vote and voting are used, as defined in the Act, to include ``all 
action necessary to make a vote effective in any primary, special, or 
general election, including, but not limited to, registration, listing 
pursuant to this Act, or other action required by law prerequisite to 
voting, casting a ballot, and having such ballot counted properly and 
included in the appropriate totals of votes cast with respect to 
candidates for public or party office and propositions for which votes 
are received in an election.'' (Section 14(c)(1)).