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Section 5 Notices of Submissions

NOTICE OF PRECLEARANCE ACTIVITY THE VOTING RIGHTS
ACT OF 1965, AS AMENDED
Notice Date 07/26/2010
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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The 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.


ALABAMA County: 
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2946
Action Date:  07/22/2010
Election administration (Help America Vote Act)
Submission received
Expedited Consideration Requested

ALABAMA County:  Calhoun
Subjurisdiction:  Weaver
Submission Number:  2010-2915
Action Date:  07/20/2010
Annexation
Submission received

ALABAMA County:  Dallas
Subjurisdiction:  Selma
Submission Number:  2010-2710
Action Date:  07/22/2010
Special election procedures (Vacancy)
Additional information received

ALABAMA County:  Lee
Subjurisdiction:  Auburn
Submission Number:  2010-2924
Action Date:  07/19/2010
Annexation
Submission received

ALABAMA County:  Madison
Subjurisdiction:  Owens Cross Roads
Submission Number:  2010-2858
Action Date:  07/22/2010
Annexation
Additional information received

ALABAMA County:  Marshall
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2927
Action Date:  06/16/2010
Number of officials (Judgeship)
Submission received

ALABAMA County:  Marshall
Subjurisdiction:  Guntersville
Submission Number:  2010-2942
Action Date:  07/22/2010
Annexation
Submission received

ALABAMA County:  Mobile
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2933
Action Date:  07/20/2010
Polling place (Changed)
Submission received
Expedited Consideration Requested

ALABAMA County:  Montgomery
Subjurisdiction:  Montgomery
Submission Number:  2010-2947
Action Date:  07/22/2010
Special election procedures (Vacancy)
Submission received

ALABAMA County:  Randolph
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2904
Action Date:  07/19/2010
Special election procedures (Tax)
Submission received

ALABAMA County:  St. Clair
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2957
Action Date:  07/21/2010
Polling place (Changed)
Submission received

ALABAMA County:  St. Clair
Subjurisdiction:  Springville
Submission Number:  2010-2958
Action Date:  07/21/2010
Polling place (Changed)
Submission received

ALABAMA County:  Tuscaloosa
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2496
Action Date:  07/22/2010
Polling place (Changed)
Additional information received

ALASKA Borough:  Ketchikan Gateway
Subjurisdiction:  Ketchikan
Submission Number:  2010-2165
Action Date:  07/21/2010
Election administration
Resubmission received

ALASKA Borough:  Ketchikan Gateway
Subjurisdiction:  Ketchikan
Submission Number:  2010-2926
Action Date:  07/19/2010
Special election procedures (Bond election)
Submission received

ALASKA Borough:  Matanuska-Susitna
Subjurisdiction:  Greater Palmer Consolidated Fire Service Area #132
Submission Number:  2010-2949
Action Date:  07/22/2010
Annexation
Submission received

ALASKA Borough:  Matanuska-Susitna
Subjurisdiction:  Willow Fire Service Area #35
Submission Number:  2010-2950
Action Date:  07/22/2010
Annexation
Submission received

ARIZONA County:  Apache
Subjurisdiction:  Concho Fire District
Submission Number:  2010-2948
Action Date:  07/22/2010
Number of officials
Submission received

ARIZONA County:  Cochise
Subjurisdiction:  Sierra Vista Unified School District #68
Submission Number:  2010-2902
Action Date:  07/16/2010
Special election procedures (Tax)
Submission received
Expedited Consideration Requested

ARIZONA County:  Cochise, Pima
Subjurisdiction:  Mescal - J6 Fire District
Submission Number:  2010-2914
Action Date:  07/14/2010
Creation of special district
Submission received

ARIZONA County:  Coconino
Subjurisdiction:  Williams Unified School District #2
Submission Number:  2010-2941
Action Date:  07/20/2010
Special election procedures (Bond election)
Submission received
Expedited Consideration Requested

ARIZONA County:  Maricopa
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-1722
Action Date:  07/20/2010
Bilingual procedures (Spanish language)
Additional information received

ARIZONA County:  Maricopa
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2814
Action Date:  07/21/2010
Polling place (Changed)
Polling place (Name change)
Absentee Voting (Additional location)
Additional information received

ARIZONA County:  Maricopa
Subjurisdiction:  Chandler
Submission Number:  2010-2776
Action Date:  07/22/2010
Annexation
Related submission received

ARIZONA County:  Maricopa
Subjurisdiction:  Chandler
Submission Number:  2010-2944
Action Date:  07/22/2010
Annexation
Submission received

ARIZONA County:  Maricopa
Subjurisdiction:  Gila Bend Unified School District #24
Submission Number:  2010-2901
Action Date:  07/16/2010
Special election procedures (Bond election)
Submission received
Expedited Consideration Requested

ARIZONA County:  Yavapai
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2930
Action Date:  07/19/2010
Precinct (Consolidation)
Polling place (Consolidation)
Polling place (Name change)
Polling place (Changed)
Submission received
Expedited Consideration Requested

ARIZONA County:  Yavapai
Subjurisdiction:  Camp Verde Fire District
Submission Number:  2010-2913
Action Date:  07/14/2010
Creation of special district
Submission received

CALIFORNIA County:  Merced
Subjurisdiction:  Livingston
Submission Number:  2010-2963
Action Date:  07/22/2010
Precinct (Realignment)
Submission received
Expedited Consideration Requested

FLORIDA County:  Hillsborough
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2959
Action Date:  07/23/2010
Polling place (Name change)
Submission received
Expedited Consideration Requested

GEORGIA County:  Atkinson
Subjurisdiction:  Pearson
Submission Number:  2010-2826
Action Date:  07/20/2010
Annexation
Additional information received

GEORGIA County:  Banks, Jackson
Subjurisdiction:  Maysville
Submission Number:  2010-2956
Action Date:  07/19/2010
Method of election
Term of office
Submission received

GEORGIA County:  Ben Hill
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2968
Action Date:  07/23/2010
Polling place (Changed)
Submission received
Expedited Consideration Requested

GEORGIA County:  Carroll, Haralson
Subjurisdiction:  Bremen
Submission Number:  2010-2922
Action Date:  07/20/2010
Annexation
Submission received

GEORGIA County:  Dekalb, Fulton
Subjurisdiction:  Atlanta
Submission Number:  2010-2938
Action Date:  07/20/2010
Annexation
Submission received

GEORGIA County:  Fannin
Subjurisdiction:  Blue Ridge
Submission Number:  2010-2919
Action Date:  07/20/2010
Annexation
Submission received

GEORGIA County:  Gordon
Subjurisdiction:  Resaca
Submission Number:  2010-2936
Action Date:  07/21/2010
Special election procedures (Referendum)
Submission received

GEORGIA County:  Harris
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2967
Action Date:  07/23/2010
Special election procedures (Referendum)
Submission received

GEORGIA County:  Jackson
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2903
Action Date:  07/19/2010
Special election procedures (Tax)
Submission received
Expedited Consideration Requested

GEORGIA County:  Liberty
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2855
Action Date:  07/20/2010
Polling place (Changed)
Additional information received
Expedited Consideration Requested

GEORGIA County:  Lowndes
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2899
Action Date:  07/20/2010
Polling place (Changed)
Submission received

GEORGIA County:  Putnam
Subjurisdiction:  Putnam County School District
Submission Number:  2010-2965
Action Date:  07/23/2010
Special election procedures (Tax)
Submission received

GEORGIA County:  Sumter
Subjurisdiction:  Sumter County School District
Submission Number:  2010-2954
Action Date:  07/22/2010
Special election procedures (Vacancy)
Submission received
Expedited Consideration Requested

LOUISIANA Parish:  Allen
Subjurisdiction:  Elizabeth
Submission Number:  2010-2208
Action Date:  07/20/2010
Special election procedures (Referendum)
Resubmission received

LOUISIANA Parish:  Allen
Subjurisdiction:  Elizabeth
Submission Number:  2010-2208
Action Date:  07/23/2010
Special election procedures (Referendum)
Additional information received

LOUISIANA Parish:  Desoto
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2929
Action Date:  07/22/2010
Polling place (Changed)
Submission received

LOUISIANA Parish:  East Baton Rouge
Subjurisdiction:  Westminster Pine Park Crime Prevention And Neighborhood Improvement District
Submission Number:  2010-2934
Action Date:  07/19/2010
Creation of special district
Special election procedures
Submission received
Expedited Consideration Requested

LOUISIANA Parish:  East Baton Rouge
Subjurisdiction:  Zachary
Submission Number:  2010-2507
Action Date:  07/21/2010
Powers and duties (City council)
Powers and duties (Mayor)
Powers and duties
Special election procedures (Referendum)
General election (Date set)
Procedures for filling vacancies
Procedures for filling vacancies (Police chief)
Additional information received

LOUISIANA Parish:  Lafourche
Subjurisdiction:  Lafourche Parish Fire Protection District #1
Submission Number:  2010-2943
Action Date:  06/15/2010
Special election procedures (Tax)
Submission received

LOUISIANA Parish:  Plaquemines
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2608
Action Date:  07/22/2010
Polling place (Changed)
Additional information received

LOUISIANA Parish:  St. Tammany
Subjurisdiction:  Pearl River
Submission Number:  2010-2685
Action Date:  07/22/2010
Annexation
Additional information received

MISSISSIPPI County: 
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2953
Action Date:  07/22/2010
Special election procedures (Vacancy)
Submission received

MISSISSIPPI County:  Calhoun
Subjurisdiction:  Slate Spring
Submission Number:  2010-2741
Action Date:  07/26/2010
Special election procedures (Vacancy)
Additional information received

MISSISSIPPI County:  Jefferson Davis
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2939
Action Date:  07/21/2010
Special election procedures (Vacancy)
Submission received

MISSISSIPPI County:  Jefferson Davis
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2939
Action Date:  07/26/2010
Special election procedures (Vacancy)
Additional information received

MISSISSIPPI County:  Tunica
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2595
Action Date:  07/19/2010
Polling place (Changed)
Additional information received

MISSISSIPPI County:  Tunica
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2595
Action Date:  07/21/2010
Polling place (Changed)
Additional information received

NORTH CAROLINA County:  Guilford
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2964
Action Date:  07/23/2010
Polling place (Changed)
Submission received

NORTH CAROLINA County:  Guilford
Subjurisdiction:  Summerfield
Submission Number:  2010-2910
Action Date:  07/19/2010
Special election procedures (Referendum)
Submission received

NORTH CAROLINA County:  Onslow
Subjurisdiction:  Jacksonville
Submission Number:  2010-2780
Action Date:  07/18/2010
Annexation
Designation of annexed area to election district
Related submission received

NORTH CAROLINA County:  Onslow
Subjurisdiction:  Jacksonville
Submission Number:  2010-2923
Action Date:  07/18/2010
Annexation
Designation of annexed area to election district
Submission received

NORTH CAROLINA County:  Pitt
Subjurisdiction:  Simpson
Submission Number:  2010-2912
Action Date:  07/21/2010
Special election procedures (Bond election)
Submission received
Expedited Consideration Requested

SOUTH CAROLINA County:  Beaufort
Subjurisdiction:  Bluffton
Submission Number:  2010-2945
Action Date:  07/22/2010
Absentee Voting (Additional location)
Submission received

SOUTH CAROLINA County:  Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester
Subjurisdiction:  North Charleston
Submission Number:  2010-2955
Action Date:  07/22/2010
Election administration
Submission received

SOUTH CAROLINA County:  Orangeburg
Subjurisdiction:  North
Submission Number:  2010-2925
Action Date:  07/20/2010
Annexation
Submission received

SOUTH CAROLINA County:  Pickens
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2911
Action Date:  07/20/2010
Polling place (Changed)
Submission received

SOUTH CAROLINA County:  Spartanburg
Subjurisdiction:  Spartanburg
Submission Number:  2010-2940
Action Date:  07/21/2010
Annexation
Submission received

TEXAS County:  Bexar
Subjurisdiction:  South San Antonio Independent School District
Submission Number:  2010-2532
Action Date:  07/19/2010
Redistricting plan
Additional information received

TEXAS County:  Cameron
Subjurisdiction:  Bayview
Submission Number:  2010-2909
Action Date:  07/16/2010
Special election procedures (Vacancy)
Submission received

TEXAS County:  Collin, Denton, Grayson
Subjurisdiction:  Celina Independent School District
Submission Number:  2010-2818
Action Date:  07/20/2010
Absentee Voting (Additional location)
Absentee Voting (Hours)
Special election procedures (Tax)
Additional information received

TEXAS County:  Comal, Guadalupe
Subjurisdiction:  New Braunfels
Submission Number:  2010-2905
Action Date:  07/19/2010
Annexation
Submission received

TEXAS County:  Dawson
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2935
Action Date:  07/16/2010
Polling place (Location deleted)
Submission received

TEXAS County:  Denton
Subjurisdiction:  Lewisville Independent School District
Submission Number:  2010-2882
Action Date:  07/20/2010
Polling place (Changed)
Absentee Voting (Hours)
Absentee Voting (Additional location)
Special election procedures (Tax)
Additional information received
Expedited Consideration Requested

TEXAS County:  Eastland
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2848
Action Date:  07/21/2010
Polling place (Name change)
Additional information received

TEXAS County:  Ellis
Subjurisdiction:  Ennis
Submission Number:  2010-2907
Action Date:  07/19/2010
Annexation
Submission received

TEXAS County:  Falls, Mclennan
Subjurisdiction:  Lorena Independent School District
Submission Number:  2010-2951
Action Date:  07/22/2010
Absentee Voting (Additional location)
Absentee Voting (Hours)
Special election procedures (Tax)
Submission received
Expedited Consideration Requested

TEXAS County:  Fannin
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2908
Action Date:  07/15/2010
Polling place (Changed)
Submission received

TEXAS County:  Gregg, Rusk
Subjurisdiction:  Kilgore
Submission Number:  2010-2864
Action Date:  07/19/2010
Annexation
Additional information received

TEXAS County:  Harris
Subjurisdiction:  Klein Independent School District
Submission Number:  2010-2917
Action Date:  07/20/2010
Election administration (County to conduct election)
Submission received

TEXAS County:  Harris
Subjurisdiction:  La Porte
Submission Number:  2010-2643
Action Date:  07/26/2010
Special election procedures (Vacancy)
Additional information received

TEXAS County:  Harris
Subjurisdiction:  La Porte
Submission Number:  2010-2766
Action Date:  07/26/2010
Special election procedures (Vacancy)
Additional information received

TEXAS County:  Jim Wells
Subjurisdiction:  Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Consolidated Independent School District
Submission Number:  2010-2680
Action Date:  07/21/2010
Polling place (Changed)
Additional information received

TEXAS County:  Jones
Subjurisdiction:  Hawley Independent School District
Submission Number:  2010-2932
Action Date:  07/20/2010
Absentee Voting (Location changed)
Submission received

TEXAS County:  Morris
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2916
Action Date:  07/20/2010
Polling place (Location deleted)
Submission received

TEXAS County:  Nueces
Subjurisdiction:  Tuloso-Midway Independent School District
Submission Number:  2010-2952
Action Date:  07/22/2010
Absentee Voting (Hours)
Absentee Voting (Additional location)
Special election procedures (Tax)
Submission received

TEXAS County:  Parker
Subjurisdiction:  Brock Independent School District
Submission Number:  2010-2918
Action Date:  07/20/2010
Election administration (County to conduct election)
Special election procedures (Tax)
Submission received

TEXAS County:  Red River
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2920
Action Date:  07/20/2010
Polling place (Changed)
Submission received

TEXAS County:  Red River
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2921
Action Date:  07/20/2010
Polling place (Changed)
Submission received

TEXAS County:  San Augustine
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2900
Action Date:  07/20/2010
Special election procedures (Tax)
Submission received
Expedited Consideration Requested

TEXAS County:  Tarrant
Subjurisdiction:  Viridian Municipal Management District
Submission Number:  2010-2969
Action Date:  07/26/2010
Annexation
Submission received

TEXAS County:  Throckmorton
Subjurisdiction:  Throckmorton Independent School District
Submission Number:  2010-2966
Action Date:  07/23/2010
Polling place (Changed)
Absentee Voting (Location changed)
Absentee Voting (Hours)
Special election procedures (Tax)
Submission received
Expedited Consideration Requested

TEXAS County:  Williamson
Subjurisdiction:  Georgetown
Submission Number:  2010-2563
Action Date:  07/21/2010
Annexation
Designation of annexed area to election district
Additional information received

VIRGINIA County:  Loudoun
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2906
Action Date:  07/19/2010
Special election procedures (Bond election)
Submission received

VIRGINIA County:  Russell
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-2842
Action Date:  07/21/2010
Polling place (Changed)
Additional information received

T. Christian Herren, Jr.
Chief, Voting Section
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Updated August 6, 2015