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Section 5 Changes by Type and Year


Total Section 5 Changes Received By The Attorney General
1965 Through 2008
TYPE Totals
1965-69
Totals
1970-79
Totals
1980-89
Totals
1990-99
Totals
2000-08
TOTAL
1965-2008
Redistricting 18 993 2,835 3,456 3,094 10,396
Annexation 5 6,039 26,168 31,963 38,035 102,210
Polling Place 17 6,373 40,068 41,257 29,151 116,866
Precinct 29 2,168 19,382 26,824 14,622 63,025
Reregistration
or Voter Purge
1 1,071 160 101 36 1,369
Incorporation 1 57 1,378 1,588 1,657 4,681
Bilingual Procedures 0 1,548 1,432 997 1,443 5,420
Method of Election 0 0 4,634 7,819 5,182 17,635
Form of Government 0 0 1,665 519 316 2,500
Consolidation or
Division of Political Units
0 0 199 629 684 1,512
Special Election 0 0 7,126 11,879 12,897 31,902
Voting Methods 0 0 1,525 1,697 5,996 9,218
Candidate Qualifications 0 0 478 2,004 1,419 3,901
Voter Registration Procedures 0 0 20,458 19,117 4,434 44,009
Miscellaneous 17 676 13,249 23,190 37,382 74,514
Election Law 206 7,568 0 0 0 7,774
Not Within the Scope
of Section 5
29 642 0 0 0 671
  Totals
1965-69
Totals
1970-79
Totals
1980-89
Totals
1990-99
Totals
2000-08
TOTAL
1965-2008
TOTALS 1965-2008 323 27,135 140,757 173,040 156,348 497,603

Updated July 25, 2008