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• Iusl�ing#nn, P.(- 2053II <br />An 13 67 <br />Mr. Knox W. Askins <br />City Attorney <br />City of La Porte <br />Post office Box 1218 <br />La Porte, Texas 77571 <br />Dear Mr. Askins: <br />This is in reference to the joint election in <br />April 1977 for the City of La Porte and the La Porte <br />Independent School District and the bilingual election <br />procedures for the City of La Porte, Harris County, <br />Texas, submitted to the Attorney General pursuant to <br />Section 5 of ewasVoting <br />receivedtonAct <br />February616,a1976ended. <br />Your submission <br />The Attorney General does not interpose any <br />objections to -the changes in question. However, we <br />• feel a responsibility to point out that Section 5 of <br />the Voting Rights Act expressly provides that the failure <br />of the Attorney General to object does not bar any <br />subsequent judicial action to enjoin the enforcement of <br />such changes. <br />Sincerely, <br />, / <br />J. Stanley Pottinger <br />Assistant Attorney General <br />Civil Rights Division <br />• <br />