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(a) Section 5 of the Voting Right ct of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C 973c, prohibits the
<br />enforcement in any jurisdiction c~red by Section 4(b) of the Act, 42~.C. 1973b(b), of any voting
<br />qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure with respect to voting
<br />differeint from that in force or effect on the date used to determine coverage, until either:
<br />(1) A declaratory judgment is obtained from the U.S. District Court for the District of
<br />Columbia that such qualification, prerequisite, standard, practice, or procedure does not
<br />have the purpose and will not have the effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on
<br />account of race, color, or membership in a language minority group, or
<br />(2) It has been submitted to the Attorney General and the Attorney General has
<br />interposed no objection within a 60-day period following submission.
<br />(b) In order to make clear the responsibilities of the Attorney General under Section 5 and the
<br />interpretation of the Attorney General of the responsibility imposed on others under this section, the
<br />proceclures in this part have been established to govern the administration of Section 5.
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<br />51.2 Definitions.
<br />As usE;d in this part--
<br />"Act" means the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 79 Stat. 437, as amended by the Civil Rights Act of
<br />1968, 82 Stat. 73, the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970, 84 Stat. 314, the District of
<br />Columbia Delegate Act, 84 Stat. 853, the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1975, 89 Stat. 400,
<br />and the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982, 96 Stat. 131, 42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq. Section
<br />numbE~rs, such as "Section 14(c)(3)," refer to sections of the Act.
<br />"Attorney General" means the Attorney General of the United States or the delegate of the Attorney
<br />General.
<br />"Change affecting voting" means any voting qualification, prerequisite to voting, or standard,
<br />practice, or procedure with respect to voting different from that in force or effect on the date used to
<br />determine coverage under Section 4(b) and includes, inter alia, the examples given in S 51.13.
<br />"Covered jurisdiction" is used to refer to a State, where the determination referred to in S 51.4 has
<br />been rrrade on a statewide basis, and to a political subdivision, where the determination has not
<br />been made on a statewide basis.
<br />"Language minorities" or "language minority group" is used, as defined in the Act, to refer to
<br />persons who are American Indian, Asian American, Alaskan Natives, or of Spanish heritage.
<br />Sections 14(c)(3) and 203(e). See 28 CFR Part 55, Interpretative Guidelines: Implementation of the
<br />Provisions of the Voting Rights Act Regarding Language Minority Groups.
<br />"Political subdivision" is used, as defined in the Act, to refer to "any county or parish, except that
<br />where registration for voting is not conducted under the supervision of a county or parish, the term
<br />shall include any other subdivision of a State which conducts registration for voting." (Section
<br />14(c)(2)).
<br />"Preclearance" is used to refer to the obtaining of the declaratory judgment described in Section 5,
<br />to the failure of the Attorney General to interpose an objection pursuant to Section 5, or to the
<br />withdrawal of an objection by the Attorney General pursuant to S 51.48(b).
<br />"Submission" is used to refer to the written presentation to the Attorney General by an appropriate
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