07-17-2001 La Porte Redistricting Committee Regular Meeting

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(back to index) • 51.32 Establishment and maintenance of registry of interested individuals and groups. The Attorney General shall establish and maintain a Registry of Interested Individuals and Groups, which shall contain the name and address of any individual or group that wishes to receive notice of Section 5 submissions. Information relating to this registry and to the requirements of the Privacy Act of '1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a et seq., is contained in JUSTICE/CRT-004. 48 FR 5334 (Feb. 4, 1983). (back to inidex) 51.33 Notiice to registrants concerning submissions. Weekly notice of submissions that have been received will be given to the individuals and groups who have registered for this purpose under S 51.32. Such notice will also be given when Section 5 declaratory judgment actions are filed or decided. (back to index) 51.34 Expedited consideration. (a) When a submitting authority is required under State law or local ordinance or otherwise finds it neces;>ary to implement a change within the 60-day period following submission, it may request that the submission be given expedited consideration. the submission should explain why such consideration is needed and provide the date by which a determination is required. (b) Jurisdictions should endeavor to plan for changes in advance so that expedited consideration will Holt be required and should not routinely request such consideration. When a submitting authority demonstrates good cause for expedited consideration the Attorney General will attempt to make a decision by the date requested. However, the Attorney General cannot guarantee that such consideration can be given. (c) Noirice of the request for expedited consideration will be given to interested parties registered under S 51.32 (back to index) 51.35 Disposition of inappropriate submissions. The Attorney General will make no response on the merits with respect to an inappropriate submission but will notify the submitting authority of the inappropriateness of the submission. such notification will be made as promptly as possible and no later than the 60th day following receipt and will include an explanation of the inappropriateness of the submission. inappropriate submissions include the submission of changes that do not affect voting (see, e.g., S 51.13), the submission of standards, practices, or procedures that have not been changed (see, e.g., SS 51.4, 51.14), the submission of changes that affect voting but are not subject to the requirement of Section 5 (see, e.g., S 51.18), premature submissions (see SS 51.22, 51.61(b)), submissions by jurisdictions not subject to the preclearance requirement (see SS 51.4, 51.5), and deficient submissions (see S 51.26(d)). (back to index) 51.36 Release of information concerning submissions. The Attorney General shall have the discretion to call to the attention of the submitting authority or