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51.14 Recurrent practices. • <br />Where a jurisdiction implements a practice or procedure periodically or upon certain established <br />contingencies, a change occurs: (a) The first time such a practice or procedure is implemented by <br />the jurisdiction, (b) when the manner in which such a practice or procedure is implemented by the <br />jurisdiction is changed, or (c) when the rules for determining when such a practice or procedure will <br />be implemented are changed. The failure of the Attorney General to object to a recurrent practice or <br />procedlure constitutes preclearance of the future use of the practice or procedure if its recurrent <br />nature is clearly stated or described in the submission or is expressly recognized in the final <br />response of the Attorney General on the merits of the submission. <br />(back to index) <br />51.15 Enabling legislation and contingent or nonuniform requirements. <br />(a) Wii:h respect to legislation (1) that enables or permits the State or its political subunits to institute <br />a voting change or (2) that requires or enables the State or its political subunits to institute a voting <br />change upon some future event or if they satisfy certain criteria, the failure of the Attorney General to <br />interpose an objection does not exempt from the preclearance requirement the implementation of <br />the particular voting change that is enabled, permitted, or required, unless that implementation is <br />explicitly included and described in the submission of such parent legislation. <br />(b) For example, such legislation includes-- <br />(1) Legislation authorizing counties, cities, school districts, or agencies or officials of the <br />State to institute any of the changes described in S 51.13, <br />(2) Legislation requiring a political subunit that chooses a certain form of government to <br />follow specified election procedures, <br />(3) Legislation requiring or authorizing political subunits of a certain size or a certain <br />location to institute specified changes, <br />(4) Legislation requiring a political subunit to follow certain practices or procedures <br />unless the subunit's charter or ordinances specify to the contrary. <br />(back to index) <br />51.16 Distinction between changes in procedure and changes in substance. <br />The faiilure of the Attorney General to interpose an objection to a procedure for instituting a change <br />affecting voting does not exempt the substantive change from the preclearance requirement. For <br />example, if the procedure for the approval of an annexation is changed from city council approval to <br />approval in a referendum, the preclearance of the new procedure does not exempt an annexation <br />accomplished under the new procedure from the preclearance requirement. <br />(back to index) <br />51.17 Special elections. <br />(a) The conduct of a special election (e.g., an election to fill a vacancy; an initiative, referendum, or <br />recall election; or a bond issue election) is subject to the preclearance requirement to the extent that <br />the jurrisdiction makes changes in the practices or procedures to be followed. <br />(b) Ariy discretionary setting of the date for a special election or scheduling of events leading up to <br />