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NOTICE OF PRECLEARANCE ACTIVITY THE VOTING RIGHTS

ACT OF 1965, AS AMENDED

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").

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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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.

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Vacancy)

Special election procedures (General election)

Special election procedures (Runoff)

Additional information received

Expedited Consideration Requested

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Precinct (Realignment)

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Northwest Fire District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Kings River Resource Conservation District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Excelsior-Kings River Resource Conservation District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Precinct (Consolidation)

Polling place (Consolidation)

Polling place (Changed)

Special election procedures (Vacancy)

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Boronda County Sanitation District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Carmel Area Wastewater District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Golden Gate Fire Control & Rescue District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Tax)

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Absentee Voting (Location deleted)

Additional information received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Tax)

Additional information received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Vacancy)

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Related submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Precinct (Consolidation)

Polling place (Consolidation)

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

General election (Charter amendment)

Resubmission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Election administration (Charter amendment)

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Vacancy)

Resubmission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Vacancy)

Resubmission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Voter registration (Location changed)

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Cancelled)

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Caddo Parish Fire District #8

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Tax)

Submission received

Expedited Consideration Requested

Subjurisdiction:

Lafourche Parish Recreation District #8

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Tax)

Additional information received

Expedited Consideration Requested

Subjurisdiction:

Morehouse Parish Tenth Ward Fire Protection District #1

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Creation of special district

Special election procedures (Tax)

Additional information received

Expedited Consideration Requested

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Polling place (Changed)

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Polling place (Changed)

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

St. Tammany Parish Recreation District #10

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Boundary changes

Additional information received

Subjurisdiction:

St. Tammany Parish Recreation District #11

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Boundary changes

Additional information received

MISSISSIPPI

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Polling place (Changed)

Submission received

MISSISSIPPI

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Form of government

Resubmission received

MISSISSIPPI

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Precinct (Consolidation)

Polling place (Consolidation)

Additional information received

MISSISSIPPI

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Voting method (Touch screen)

Submission received

Expedited Consideration Requested

MISSISSIPPI

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Redistricting plan

Additional information received

Expedited Consideration Requested

MISSISSIPPI

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Polling place (Location established)

Submission received

MISSISSIPPI

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Submission received

MISSISSIPPI

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Submission received

Expedited Consideration Requested

Bronx, Kings, New York

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Candidate qualifications to serve in office (City council)

Additional information received

NORTH CAROLINA

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Election administration

Submission received

NORTH CAROLINA

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Related submission received

NORTH CAROLINA

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Related submission received

NORTH CAROLINA

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Related submission received

NORTH CAROLINA

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Related submission received

NORTH CAROLINA

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Submission received

NORTH CAROLINA

Edgecombe, Nash

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Precinct (Added)

Polling place (Added)

Additional information received

NORTH CAROLINA

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Submission received

SOUTH CAROLINA

Subjurisdiction:

Belvedere Fire District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Implementation schedule (Staggered terms)

Resubmission received

SOUTH CAROLINA

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Polling place (Changed)

Submission received

SOUTH CAROLINA

Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester

Subjurisdiction:

North Charleston

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Submission received

SOUTH CAROLINA

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Lufkin Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Precinct (Consolidation)

Polling place (Consolidation)

Additional information received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Polling place (Changed)

Absentee Voting (Location changed)

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Belton Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Bond election)

Submission received

Expedited Consideration Requested

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Additional information received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Bond election)

Submission received

Expedited Consideration Requested

Subjurisdiction:

Harlandale Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Election administration (County to conduct election)

Special election procedures (Bond election)

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Absentee Voting

Absentee Voting (Hours)

Election administration (County to conduct election)

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Absentee Voting (Hours)

Absentee Voting

Election administration (County to conduct election)

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Southside Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Election administration (County to conduct election)

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Bexar, Comal, Kendall

Subjurisdiction:

Fair Oaks Ranch

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Election administration (County to conduct election)

Special election procedures (Bond election)

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Hooks Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Expedited Consideration Requested

Subjurisdiction:

Waelder Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Polling place (Changed)

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Precinct (Added)

Polling place (Added)

Absentee Voting (Hours)

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Absentee Voting (Hours)

Voting method (Electronic)

Submission received

Cass, Morris, Titus

Subjurisdiction:

Pewitt Consolidated Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Precinct (Deleted)

Precinct (Added)

Polling place (Location deleted)

Polling place (Added)

Joint election procedures

Additional information received

Subjurisdiction:

Henrietta Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Vacancy)

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Referendum)

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Polling place (Changed)

Absentee Voting (Hours)

Absentee Voting (Additional location)

Special election procedures (Bond election)

Additional information received

Subjurisdiction:

Crane County Hospital District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Creation of special district

Numbered positions adopted

Staggered terms

Number of officials

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Vacancy)

Joint election procedures

Additional information received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Tax)

Submission received

Expedited Consideration Requested

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Additional information received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Charter amendment)

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Absentee Voting (Hours)

Special election procedures (Vacancy)

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Precinct (Realignment)

Precinct (Consolidation)

Polling place (Consolidation)

Additional information received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Ellis County Emergency Services District #3

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Creation of special district

Method of selection (Appointive to appointive/elective)

Staggered terms

Term of office (Two years)

Precinct (Added)

Polling place (Location established)

Absentee Voting (Location established)

Absentee Voting (Hours)

Special election procedures (Tax)

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Ellis County Emergency Services District #3

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Falls, Limestone, Mclennan

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Tax)

Submission received

Falls, Robertson

Subjurisdiction:

Bremond Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Absentee Voting (Location changed)

Absentee Voting (Hours)

Special election procedures (Bond election)

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Fort Bend, Harris

Subjurisdiction:

Cimarron Municipal Utility District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Polling place (Changed)

Absentee Voting (Location changed)

Special election procedures (Bond election)

Submission received

Expedited Consideration Requested

Fort Bend, Wharton

Subjurisdiction:

Wharton County Junior College District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Confirmation, tax, and directors)

Joint election procedures

Additional information received

Freestone, Limestone

Subjurisdiction:

Mexia Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Precinct (Consolidation)

Polling place (Consolidation)

Election administration (County to conduct election)

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Galveston County Water Control & Improvement District #8

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Bond election)

Submission received

Expedited Consideration Requested

Subjurisdiction:

Hitchcock Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Election administration (County to conduct election)

Submission received

Galveston, Harris

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Bond election)

Submission received

Expedited Consideration Requested

Gillespie, Hale, Hudspeth, Lubbock, Lynn, Reeves

Subjurisdiction:

Abernathy Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Bond election)

Joint election procedures

Additional information received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Election administration

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Voter registration (Location changed)

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Polling place (Changed)

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Hamilton Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Polling place (Changed)

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Harris County Emergency Services District #5

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Voting method (Electronic)

Joint election procedures

General election (Date set)

Additional information received

Subjurisdiction:

Harris County Emergency Services District #7

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Vacancy)

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

General election

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Absentee Voting (Hours)

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Hays, Travis, Williamson

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Additional information received

Subjurisdiction:

Malakoff Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Absentee Voting (Location changed)

Additional information received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Polling place (Changed)

Submission received

Hockley, Lubbock

Subjurisdiction:

Frenship Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Tolar Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Polling place (Consolidation)

Election administration (County to conduct election)

Special election procedures (Bond election)

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Expedited Consideration Requested

Subjurisdiction:

Stanton Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Absentee Voting (Location changed)

Submission received

Expedited Consideration Requested

Subjurisdiction:

Hutchinson County Hospital District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Joint election procedures

Additional information received

Subjurisdiction:

Sanford-Fritch Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Additional information received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Additional information received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Polling place (Changed)

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Johnson, Tarrant

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Vacancy)

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Polling place (Changed)

Election administration (County to conduct election)

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Kaufman County Rural Fire Prevention District #5

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Tax)

Submission received

Kaufman, Rockwall

Subjurisdiction:

Rockwall Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Polling place (Changed)

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Kenedy County Volunteer Fire & Emergency Services District #1

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Creation of special district

Special election procedures (Confirmation)

Resubmission received

Subjurisdiction:

South Limestone County Emergency Services District #1

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Creation of special district

Precinct (Added)

Polling place (Location established)

Election administration (County to conduct election)

Voting method (Electronic)

Voting method (Optical scan ballots)

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Voting method (By-mail)

Voting method (Paper ballots)

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Absentee Voting (Location changed)

Additional information received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Voter registration

Joint election procedures

Additional information received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Voter registration

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Buffalo Springs

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Idalou Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Lubbock Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Staggered terms (At-large seats)

Additional information received

Expedited Consideration Requested

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

New Deal Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Roosevelt Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Shallowater Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Slaton Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Additional information received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Absentee Voting (Location changed)

Election administration

Submission received

Expedited Consideration Requested

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Absentee Voting (Location changed)

Submission received

Expedited Consideration Requested

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Tax)

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Midway Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Absentee Voting (Location changed)

Special election procedures (Cancelled)

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Polling place (Changed)

Absentee Voting (Location changed)

Additional information received

Subjurisdiction:

Medina County Water Control & Improvement District #1

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Bond election)

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Expedited Consideration Requested

Subjurisdiction:

Montgomery County Emergency Services District #7

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Bond election)

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Cushing Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Election administration (County to conduct election)

Special election procedures (Bond election)

Submission received

Expedited Consideration Requested

Parker, Tarrant

Subjurisdiction:

Aledo Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Absentee Voting (Hours)

Special election procedures (Vacancy)

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Onalaska Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Polling place (Changed)

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Highland Park Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Precinct (Added)

Polling place (Added)

Absentee Voting (Additional location)

Absentee Voting (Hours)

Election administration (County to conduct election)

Special election procedures (Bond election)

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Expedited Consideration Requested

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Numbered positions adopted

Number of officials (City council)

Additional information received

Expedited Consideration Requested

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Numbered positions adopted

Number of officials (City council)

Additional information received

Expedited Consideration Requested

Subjurisdiction:

Scurry County Hospital District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Method of election (At large)

Numbered positions adopted

Staggered terms

Number of officials

Implementation schedule

General election

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Voting method (Paper ballots)

Notice of withdrawal

Subjurisdiction:

Shackelford County Hospital District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Voting method (Paper ballots)

Additional information received

Subjurisdiction:

Tyler Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Special election procedures (Vacancy)

Joint election procedures

Submission received

Subjurisdiction:

Winona Independent School District

Submission Number:

Action Date:

Election administration (County to conduct election)

Special election procedures (Bond election)

Joint election procedures

Additional information received

Expedited Consideration Requested

Subjurisdiction: