07-17-2001 La Porte Redistricting Committee Regular Meeting

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or following a special election is ~ject to the preclearance requiremey„ (c) A juirisdiction conducting a referendum election to ratify a change in a practice or procedure that affects voting may submit the change to be voted on at the same time that it submits any changes involved in the conduct of the referendum election. A jurisdiction wishing to receive preclearance for the change to be ratified should state clearly that such preclearance is being requested. See S 51.22 of this part. (back to index) 51.18 Court-ordered changes. (a) In general. Changes affecting voting that are ordered by a Federal court are subject to the preclearance requirement of Section 5 to the extent that they reflect the policy choices of the submitting authority. (b) Subsequent changes. Where acourt-ordered change is not itself subject to the preclearance requirement, subsequent changes necessitated by the court order but decided upon by the jurisdiction remain subject to preclearance. For example, voting precinct and polling place changes made inecessary by a court- ordered redistricting plan are subject to Section 5 review. (c) In Emergencies. A Federal court's authorization of the emergency interim use without preclearance of a voting change does not exempt from Section 5 review any use of the practice not explici'~tly authorized by the court. (back to index) 51.19 Request for notification concerning voting litigation. A jurisdiction subject to the preclearance requirement of Section 5 that becomes involved in any litigation concerning voting is requested promptly to notify the Chief, Voting Section, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice, P.O. Box 66128, Washington, DC 20035-6128. Such notification will not be considered a submission under Section 5. [52 FR 33409, Sept. 3, 1987] (back to index) 51.20 Form of submissions. (a) Submissions may be made in letter or any other written form. (b) The Attorney General will accept certain machine readable data in the following forms of magnetic media: 3.5" 1.4 megabyte MS-DOS formatted diskettes; 5 1/4 " 1.2 megabyte MS-DOS formatted floppy disks; nine-track tape (1600/6250 BPI). unless requested by the Attorney General, data provided on magnetic media need not be provided in hard copy. (c) All magnetic media shall be clearly labelled with the following information: (1) Submitting authority. (2) Name, address, title, and telephone number of contact person. (3) Date of submission cover letter. (4) Statement identifying the voting change(s) involved in the submission.