| NOTICE OF PRECLEARANCE ACTIVITY THE VOTING RIGHTS | ||||||||||||
| ACT OF 1965, AS AMENDED | ||||||||||||
| Notice Date | 01/31/2011 | |||||||||||
| This
periodic notice of activity regarding voting changes submitted under
Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is issued pursuant to the Attorney
General's Procedures for the Administration of Section 5 of the Voting
Rights Act (Part 51 of Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations). The
Attorney General has 60 days from the date of receipt to respond to each
submission of voting changes. We invite persons interested in pending
submissions to submit comments and information, in writing or by
telephone,to the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division at the
earliest possible date to assure that they may be considered during the 60
- day review period. Telephone 1-800-253-3931 or (202) 307-2385, or write
to: Voting Section, Civil Rights Division, Room 7254 - NWB, Department of
Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. 20530 (the envelope
and first page should be marked "Comment under Section
5"). |
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| Notices of
submission activity can also be accessed on the Internet directly at
www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/sec-5/notices.htm or from the Department of
Justice Home Page at www.usdoj.gov. Click on Legal Documents, which is
listed under Publications & Documents, and then select Notice of Section 5 Submission Activity from the options listed under the Civil Rights Division. |
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following is a list of submissions of voting changes, additional
information regarding pending submissions, and withdrawals of submitted
voting changes received by the Attorney General with the date of receipt
of each. The submissions are grouped by state with statewide submissions
listed first, followed by submissions made by counties, and then
submissions by sub-county jurisdictions. The list also identifies
objections, requests for the Attorney General to reconsider objections,
and filings of declaratory judgment actions, with their respective
dates. |
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| ALABAMA | County: | Dallas | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Selma | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0157 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/18/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Special election procedures (Vacancy) | |||||||||||||
| Runoff election | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| ALABAMA | County: | Limestone, Madison | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Madison | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0148 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/20/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Designation of annexed area to election district | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| ARIZONA | County: | Gila | ||||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | ||||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0151 | |||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/21/2011 | |||||||||||||
| Redistricting procedures | ||||||||||||||
| Submission received | ||||||||||||||
| Expedited Consideration Requested | ||||||||||||||
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| ARIZONA | County: | Maricopa | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Gilbert | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2010-4473 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/25/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Polling place (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
| General election | |||||||||||||
| Primary election | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| ARIZONA | County: | Maricopa | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Gilbert | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2010-4473 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/27/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Polling place (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
| General election | |||||||||||||
| Primary election | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| ARIZONA | County: | Yavapai | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Chino Valley | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0078 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/26/2011 | ||||||||||||
| General election | |||||||||||||
| Primary election | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| GEORGIA | County: | Bibb | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0168 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/19/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Polling place (Name change) | |||||||||||||
| Election administration | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| GEORGIA | County: | Dekalb | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Clarkston | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2010-4567 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/20/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Staggered terms | |||||||||||||
| Term of office (Two years) | |||||||||||||
| Powers and duties | |||||||||||||
| Election administration (Charter amendment) | |||||||||||||
| General election (Date change) | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| GEORGIA | County: | Dekalb | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Clarkston | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2010-4567 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/26/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Staggered terms | |||||||||||||
| Term of office (Two years) | |||||||||||||
| Powers and duties | |||||||||||||
| Election administration (Charter amendment) | |||||||||||||
| General election (Date change) | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| GEORGIA | County: | Effingham | ||||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | ||||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0165 | |||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/24/2011 | |||||||||||||
| Special election procedures (Referendum) | ||||||||||||||
| Submission received | ||||||||||||||
| Expedited Consideration Requested | ||||||||||||||
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| GEORGIA | County: | Floyd | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Rome | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0144 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/19/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| GEORGIA | County: | Houston, Peach | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Perry | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0147 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/21/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| GEORGIA | County: | Miller | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Colquitt | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0150 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/24/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Special election procedures (Referendum) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| GEORGIA | County: | Mitchell | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Mitchell | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0152 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/24/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Special election procedures (Vacancy) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| GEORGIA | County: | Rabun | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Mountain City | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2010-4562 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/25/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Election administration (County to conduct election) | |||||||||||||
| Voting method (Electronic) | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| GEORGIA | County: | Rabun | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Mountain City | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0156 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/25/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Term of office | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| GEORGIA | County: | Stewart | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Lumpkin | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0173 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/21/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Special election procedures (Referendum) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| GEORGIA | County: | Upson | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0162 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/21/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Special election procedures (Tax) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| LOUISIANA | Parish: | St. Helena | ||||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | St. Helena Parish Sixth Ward Fire Protection District | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0177 | |||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/25/2011 | |||||||||||||
| Creation of special district | ||||||||||||||
| Submission received | ||||||||||||||
| Expedited Consideration Requested | ||||||||||||||
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| LOUISIANA | Parish: | St. Landry | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Washington | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0171 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/21/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Form of government (Mayor-council) | |||||||||||||
| Special election procedures (Charter amendment) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| LOUISIANA | Parish: | Tangipahoa | ||||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Tangipahoa Parishwide School District | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0122 | |||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/19/2011 | |||||||||||||
| Creation of special district | ||||||||||||||
| Additional information received | ||||||||||||||
| Expedited Consideration Requested | ||||||||||||||
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| LOUISIANA | Parish: | Terrebonne | |||||||||||
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| Submission Number: | 2011-0163 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/21/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Polling place (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| MISSISSIPPI | County: | |||||||||||||
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| Submission Number: | 2011-0169 | |||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/24/2011 | |||||||||||||
| Special election procedures (Vacancy) | ||||||||||||||
| Submission received | ||||||||||||||
| Expedited Consideration Requested | ||||||||||||||
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| MISSISSIPPI | County: | ||||||||||||
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| Submission Number: | 2011-0170 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/24/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Voter registration (National Voter Registration Act) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| MISSISSIPPI | County: | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Jackson | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2010-4360 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/14/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Special election procedures (Vacancy) | |||||||||||||
| Resubmission received | |||||||||||||
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| MISSISSIPPI | County: | Panola | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Sardis | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0174 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/20/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Special election procedures (Vacancy) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| MISSISSIPPI | County: | Prentiss | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2010-4411 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/07/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Polling place (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| MISSISSIPPI | County: | Rankin | ||||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | ||||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0143 | |||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/19/2011 | |||||||||||||
| Precinct (Additional location) | ||||||||||||||
| Polling place (Location established) | ||||||||||||||
| Submission received | ||||||||||||||
| Expedited Consideration Requested | ||||||||||||||
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| SOUTH CAROLINA | County: | ||||||||||||
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| Submission Number: | 2011-0158 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/24/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Political activity | |||||||||||||
| Campaign financing provisions (Disclosure requirements) | |||||||||||||
| Campaign financing provisions | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| SOUTH CAROLINA | County: | ||||||||||||
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| Submission Number: | 2011-0159 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/24/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Political activity | |||||||||||||
| Candidate qualifications to serve in office | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| SOUTH CAROLINA | County: | Berkeley, Charleston | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Charleston | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0145 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/18/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| SOUTH CAROLINA | County: | Darlington | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Lamar | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0146 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/11/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Special election procedures (Vacancy) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| SOUTH CAROLINA | County: | Edgefield | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Edgefield County School District | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0141 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/18/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Special election procedures | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Aransas | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Rockport | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2010-4452 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/24/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Designation of annexed area to election district | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Aransas | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Rockport | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2010-4452 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/25/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Designation of annexed area to election district | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Aransas | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Rockport | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2010-4452 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/26/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Designation of annexed area to election district | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Schertz | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0069 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/24/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Brewster | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Alpine | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0149 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/20/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Chambers, Harris | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Shoreacres | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0166 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/18/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Election administration (Notice procedures) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Cottle, Hardeman | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Quanah Independent School District | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0142 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/20/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Voting method | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Dallas | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Mesquite | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2010-4445 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/25/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Dawson | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Lamesa | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2010-4558 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/26/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Polling place (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Fannin | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Savoy | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0176 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/26/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Polling place (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Fort Bend | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | First Colony Municipal Utility District #9 | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0054 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/25/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Grayson | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Denison | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2010-4513 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/24/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Special election procedures (Vacancy) | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Jefferson | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Beaumont Independent School District | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0167 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/19/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Special election procedures (Referendum) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Johnson | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Godley | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0052 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/27/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Voter registration (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Medina | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Hondo | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2010-4110 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/24/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Initiative, referendum, recall procedures | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Nolan | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Nolan County Hospital District | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0153 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/18/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Voting method | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Orange | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Orange | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0172 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/24/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Method of election (Single-member districts/at large) | |||||||||||||
| Districting plan | |||||||||||||
| Term of office (Three years) | |||||||||||||
| Candidate qualifications to serve in office (Terms of office limitation) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Stonewall | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Stonewall County Hospital District | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0155 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/19/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Absentee Voting (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
| Joint election procedures | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Travis | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Lake Travis Community Library District | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0175 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/21/2011 | ||||||||||||
| Joint election procedures | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Travis, Williamson | ||||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Pflugerville | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0164 | |||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/21/2011 | |||||||||||||
| Annexation | ||||||||||||||
| Submission received | ||||||||||||||
| Expedited Consideration Requested | ||||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Wise | ||||||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Bridgeport | |||||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2011-0178 | |||||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 01/25/2011 | |||||||||||||||
| Special election procedures (Tax) | ||||||||||||||||
| Submission received | ||||||||||||||||
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| T. Christian Herren, Jr. | ||||||||||||||||
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You may contact the Voting Section at Voting.Section@usdoj.gov for general information concerning the Section's activities or to make a complaint concerning a voting matter. You may also use this address to request Voting Section records under the Freedom of Information Act. If you are making such a request, the phrase "Records request" should appear in the subject line.
If you are an official from a submitting authority, please click here. You may use email if you want to provide your views on a submission that is being reviewed. Please click here to learn more. If you are an official from a submitting authority and need to supplement your initial submission, please click here. For additional information, you may call 1-800-253-3931. |
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