Section 5 Notices of Submissions
NOTICE OF PRECLEARANCE ACTIVITY THE VOTING RIGHTS | ||||||||||||
ACT OF 1965, AS AMENDED | ||||||||||||
Notice Date | 01/25/2010 | |||||||||||
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"). | ||||||||||||
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. | ||||||||||||
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ALABAMA | County: | ||||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0133 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/19/2010 | ||||||||||||
Referendum requirement | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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ALABAMA | County: | ||||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0134 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/19/2010 | ||||||||||||
Candidate qualifications to serve in office | |||||||||||||
Candidate qualifications to serve in office (Residency requirement) | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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ALABAMA | County: | Baldwin | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0139 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/19/2010 | ||||||||||||
Special election procedures (Tax) | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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ALABAMA | County: | Baldwin | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Baldwin County School District | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0140 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/19/2010 | ||||||||||||
Special election procedures (Tax) | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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ALABAMA | County: | Clarke | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0144 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/15/2010 | ||||||||||||
Polling place (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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ALABAMA | County: | Jefferson | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Hueytown | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0055 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/14/2010 | ||||||||||||
Annexation | |||||||||||||
Designation of annexed area to election district | |||||||||||||
Related submission received | |||||||||||||
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ALABAMA | County: | Jefferson | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Hueytown | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0145 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/14/2010 | ||||||||||||
Annexation | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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ARIZONA | County: | Maricopa | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0124 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/15/2010 | ||||||||||||
Campaign financing provisions | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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ARIZONA | County: | Maricopa | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0163 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/20/2010 | ||||||||||||
Campaign financing provisions (Disclosure requirements) | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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ARIZONA | County: | Maricopa | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Tempe | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0123 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/14/2010 | ||||||||||||
Polling place | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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GEORGIA | County: | ||||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0148 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/13/2010 | ||||||||||||
Special election procedures (Vacancy) | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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GEORGIA | County: | Floyd | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Rome | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0162 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/20/2010 | ||||||||||||
Annexation | |||||||||||||
Designation of annexed area to election district | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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GEORGIA | County: | Houston, Peach | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Warner Robins | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0032 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/21/2010 | ||||||||||||
Annexation | |||||||||||||
Deannexation | |||||||||||||
Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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GEORGIA | County: | Lowndes | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Valdosta | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0122 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/13/2010 | ||||||||||||
Annexation | |||||||||||||
Designation of annexed area to election district | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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GEORGIA | County: | Pierce, Ware | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Waycross | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0128 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/19/2010 | ||||||||||||
Annexation | |||||||||||||
Designation of annexed area to election district | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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GEORGIA | County: | Tattnall | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Cobbtown | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0132 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/13/2010 | ||||||||||||
Special election procedures (Vacancy) | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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LOUISIANA | Parish: | Cameron | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Cameron Parish Public Library District | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0156 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/21/2010 | ||||||||||||
Special election procedures (Tax) | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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LOUISIANA | Parish: | Jefferson | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Gretna | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2009-3993 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/21/2010 | ||||||||||||
Special election procedures (Tax) | |||||||||||||
Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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LOUISIANA | Parish: | Natchitoches | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Natchitoches | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2009-0035 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/15/2010 | ||||||||||||
Annexation | |||||||||||||
Designation of annexed area to election district | |||||||||||||
Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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LOUISIANA | Parish: | St. Tammany | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Slidell | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0157 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/20/2010 | ||||||||||||
Special election procedures (Charter amendment) | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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NORTH CAROLINA | County: | Halifax | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Scotland Neck | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0049 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/20/2010 | ||||||||||||
Special election procedures (Mayor) | |||||||||||||
Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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NORTH CAROLINA | County: | Hertford | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2009-4114 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/21/2010 | ||||||||||||
Special election procedures (Tax) | |||||||||||||
Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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SOUTH CAROLINA | County: | Georgetown | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Georgetown | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0135 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/12/2010 | ||||||||||||
Annexation | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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SOUTH CAROLINA | County: | Greenwood | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Hodges | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2009-4012 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/21/2010 | ||||||||||||
Special election procedures (Vacancy) | |||||||||||||
Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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SOUTH CAROLINA | County: | Lexington, Richland | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Irmo | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2009-2066 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/13/2010 | ||||||||||||
Annexation | |||||||||||||
Resubmission received | |||||||||||||
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SOUTH CAROLINA | County: | Lexington, Richland | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Irmo | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2009-3867 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/20/2010 | ||||||||||||
Annexation | |||||||||||||
Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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SOUTH CAROLINA | County: | Marion | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Marion | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0147 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/19/2010 | ||||||||||||
Special election procedures (Referendum) | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Atascosa, Bexar, Comal, Medina | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Bexar Metropolitan Water District | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0138 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/13/2010 | ||||||||||||
Deannexation | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Bexar | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2009-3975 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/19/2010 | ||||||||||||
Joint election procedures | |||||||||||||
Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Bexar | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2009-3975 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/21/2010 | ||||||||||||
Joint election procedures | |||||||||||||
Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Bexar | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | San Antonio | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0150 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/19/2010 | ||||||||||||
Deannexation | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Burnet | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Burnet County Democratic Party | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2009-4101 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/20/2010 | ||||||||||||
Precinct (Deconsolidation) | |||||||||||||
Precinct (Consolidation) | |||||||||||||
Polling place (Consolidation) | |||||||||||||
Absentee Voting (Hours) | |||||||||||||
Election administration (County to conduct election) | |||||||||||||
Joint election procedures | |||||||||||||
Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Cameron | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Cameron County Democratic Party | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0044 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/19/2010 | ||||||||||||
Polling place (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Collin | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Collin County Democratic Party | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0012 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/14/2010 | ||||||||||||
Polling place (Name change) | |||||||||||||
Polling place (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Collin, Denton | ||||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Frisco | |||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0152 | |||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/20/2010 | |||||||||||||
Precinct (Additional location) | ||||||||||||||
Polling place (Location established) | ||||||||||||||
Submission received | ||||||||||||||
Expedited Consideration Requested | ||||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Collin, Denton | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Plano | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2009-3879 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/19/2010 | ||||||||||||
Special election procedures (Vacancy) | |||||||||||||
Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Comal | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0142 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/14/2010 | ||||||||||||
Polling place (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
Absentee Voting (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Dallas | ||||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | ||||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0149 | |||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/19/2010 | |||||||||||||
Election administration (Recount procedures) | ||||||||||||||
Voting method (Touch screen) | ||||||||||||||
Submission received | ||||||||||||||
Expedited Consideration Requested | ||||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Duval | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Freer Water Control & Improvement District | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0126 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/19/2010 | ||||||||||||
General election (Date change) | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Fort Bend | ||||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District #50 | |||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0137 | |||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/15/2010 | |||||||||||||
Annexation | ||||||||||||||
Submission received | ||||||||||||||
Expedited Consideration Requested | ||||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Galveston | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Galveston County Republican Party | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2009-4099 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/14/2010 | ||||||||||||
Polling place (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Galveston | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Galveston County Republican Party | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2009-4099 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/19/2010 | ||||||||||||
Polling place (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Gonzales | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Nixon | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0129 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/19/2010 | ||||||||||||
Annexation | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Harris | ||||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Harris County Municipal Utility District #501 | |||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0143 | |||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/19/2010 | |||||||||||||
Annexation | ||||||||||||||
Submission received | ||||||||||||||
Expedited Consideration Requested | ||||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Hidalgo | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Alton | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0158 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/20/2010 | ||||||||||||
Annexation | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Hill | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0136 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/14/2010 | ||||||||||||
Polling place (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Jones | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0153 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/14/2010 | ||||||||||||
Polling place (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
Joint election procedures | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Jones | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Jones County Democratic Party | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0154 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/14/2010 | ||||||||||||
Polling place (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
Joint election procedures | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Jones | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Jones County Republican Party | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0155 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/14/2010 | ||||||||||||
Polling place (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
Joint election procedures | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Lamb | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0078 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/13/2010 | ||||||||||||
Precinct (Consolidation) | |||||||||||||
Polling place (Consolidation) | |||||||||||||
Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Liberty | ||||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Liberty Independent School District | |||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0125 | |||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/19/2010 | |||||||||||||
Numbered positions adopted | ||||||||||||||
Submission received | ||||||||||||||
Expedited Consideration Requested | ||||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Lubbock | ||||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Lubbock County Democratic Party | |||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0160 | |||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/14/2010 | |||||||||||||
Polling place (Location changed) | ||||||||||||||
Absentee Voting (Additional location) | ||||||||||||||
Absentee Voting (Hours) | ||||||||||||||
Submission received | ||||||||||||||
Expedited Consideration Requested | ||||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Lubbock | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Lubbock County Republican Party | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0161 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/14/2010 | ||||||||||||
Polling place (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
Absentee Voting (Hours) | |||||||||||||
Absentee Voting (Additional location) | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Midland | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Midland County Republican Party | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0130 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/04/2010 | ||||||||||||
Polling place (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
Absentee Voting (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Moore | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0127 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/19/2010 | ||||||||||||
Voting method | |||||||||||||
Submission received | |||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Robertson | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Robertson County Democratic Party | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0019 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/12/2010 | ||||||||||||
Absentee Voting (Hours) | |||||||||||||
Absentee Voting (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Waller | ||||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | ||||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0089 | |||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/21/2010 | |||||||||||||
Polling place (Location changed) | ||||||||||||||
Voter registration | ||||||||||||||
Voter registration (Hours) | ||||||||||||||
Voter registration (Registration Drive) | ||||||||||||||
Absentee Voting (Location changed) | ||||||||||||||
Additional information received | ||||||||||||||
Expedited Consideration Requested | ||||||||||||||
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TEXAS | County: | Williamson | |||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Taylor | ||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2009-4000 | ||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/22/2010 | ||||||||||||
Annexation | |||||||||||||
Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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VIRGINIA | County: | |||||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | ||||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0164 | |||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/19/2010 | |||||||||||||
Special election procedures (Vacancy) | ||||||||||||||
Submission received | ||||||||||||||
Expedited Consideration Requested | ||||||||||||||
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VIRGINIA | County: | |||||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Roanoke | |||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2009-4001 | |||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/21/2010 | |||||||||||||
Polling place (Location changed) | ||||||||||||||
Additional information received | ||||||||||||||
Expedited Consideration Requested | ||||||||||||||
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VIRGINIA | County: | |||||||||||||||
Subjurisdiction: | Williamsburg | |||||||||||||||
Submission Number: | 2010-0131 | |||||||||||||||
Action Date: | 01/15/2010 | |||||||||||||||
Polling place (Location changed) | ||||||||||||||||
Submission received | ||||||||||||||||
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T. Christian Herren, Jr. | ||||||||||||||||
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