[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: 28CFR51.22]

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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 B--Procedures for Submission to the Attorney General
 
Sec. 51.22  Premature submissions.

    The Attorney General will not consider on the merits:
    (a) Any proposal for a change affecting voting submitted prior to 
final enactment or administrative decision or
    (b) Any proposed change which has a direct bearing on another change 
affecting voting which has not received section 5 preclearance.

However, with respect to a change for which approval by referendum, a 
State

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or Federal court or a Federal agency is required, the Attorney General 
may make a determination concerning the change prior to such approval if 
the change is not subject to alteration in the final approving action 
and if all other action necessary for approval has been taken.