[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: 28CFR55.5]

[Page 120]
 
                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 55--IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT REGARDING LANGUAGE MINORITY GROUPS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B--Nature of Coverage
 
Sec. 55.5  Coverage under section 4(f)(4).

    (a) Coverage formula. Section 4(f)(4) applies to any State or 
political subdivision in which
    (1) Over five percent of the voting-age citizens were, on November 
1, 1972, members of a single language minority group,
    (2) Registration and election materials were provided only in 
English on November 1, 1972, and
    (3) Fewer than 50 percent of the voting-age citizens were registered 
to vote or voted in the 1972 Presidential election.

All three conditions must be satisfied before coverage exists under 
section 4(f)(4). \1\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

     \1\Coverage is based on sections 4(b) (third sentence), 4(c), and 
4(f)(3).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) Coverage may be determined with regard to section 4(f)(4) on a 
statewide or political subdivision basis.
    (1) Whenever the determination is made that the bilingual 
requirements of section 4(f)(4) are applicable to an entire State, these 
requirements apply to each of the State's political subdivisions as well 
as to the State. In other words, each political subdivision within a 
covered State is subject to the same requirements as the State.
    (2) Where an entire State is not covered under section 4(f)(4), 
individual political subdivisions may be covered.