[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: 28CFR51.50]

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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 E--Processing of Submissions
 
Sec. 51.50  Records concerning submissions.

    (a) Section 5 files: The Attorney General shall maintain a section 5 
file for each submission, containing the submission, related written 
materials, correspondence, memoranda, investigative reports, data 
provided on magnetic media, notations concerning conferences with the 
submitting authority or any interested individual or group, and copies 
of letters from the Attorney General concerning the submission.
    (b) Objection files: Brief summaries regarding each submission and 
the general findings of the Department of Justice investigation and 
decision concerning it will be prepared when a decision to interpose, 
continue, or withdraw an objection is made. Files of these summaries, 
arranged by jurisdiction and by the date upon which such decision is 
made, will be maintained.
    (c) Computer file: Records of all submissions and of their 
dispositions by the Attorney General shall be electronically stored and 
periodically retrieved in the form of computer printouts.
    (d) The contents of the files in paper or microfiche form described 
in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this section shall be available for 
inspection and copying by the public during normal business hours at the 
Voting Section, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC. Those who desire to inspect information that has been 
provided on magnetic media will be provided a copy of that information 
in the same form as it was received. Materials that are exempt from 
inspection under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552(b), may be 
withheld at the discretion of the Attorney Gereral. Communications from 
individuals who have requested confidentiality or with respect to whom 
the Attorney General has determined that confidentiality is appropriate 
under Sec. 51.29(d) shall be available only as provided by 
Sec. 51.29(d). Applicable fees, if any, for the copying of the contents 
of these files are contained in the Department of Justice regulations 
implementing the Freedom of Information Act, 28 CFR 16.10.

[52 FR 490, Jan. 6, 1987; 52 FR 2648, Jan. 23, 1987, as amended by Order 
No. 1536-91, 56 FR 51837, Oct. 16, 1991]