[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: 28CFR51.9]

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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. 51.9  Computation of time.

    (a) The Attorney General shall have 60 days in which to interpose an 
objection to a submitted change affecting voting.
    (b) Except as specified in Secs. 51.37, 51.39, and 51.42 the 60-day 
period shall commence upon receipt by the Department of Justice of a 
submission.
    (c) The 60-day period shall mean 60 calendar days, with the day of 
receipt of the submission not counted. If the final day of the period 
should fall on a Saturday, Sunday, any day designated as a holiday by 
the President or Congress of the United States, or any other day that is 
not a day of regular business for the Department of Justice, the 
Attorney General shall have until the close of the next full business 
day in which to interpose an objection. The date of the Attorney 
General's response shall be the date on which it is mailed to the 
submitting authority.

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