U.S. Department
of Justice
Section 5 Notices of Submissions
| NOTICE OF PRECLEARANCE ACTIVITY THE VOTING RIGHTS | ||||||||||||
| ACT OF 1965, AS AMENDED | ||||||||||||
| Notice Date | 12/07/2009 | |||||||||||
| 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: | Baldwin | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Summerdale | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3876 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/01/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| ALABAMA | County: | Jefferson | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Mountain Brook | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3855 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/24/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Special election procedures (Tax) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| ALASKA | Borough: | ||||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Goodnews Bay | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3864 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/02/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Special election procedures (General election) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| ARIZONA | County: | Maricopa | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Queen Creek | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-0115 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/27/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Resubmission received | |||||||||||||
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| ARIZONA | County: | Maricopa | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Queen Creek | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-0526 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/27/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| ARIZONA | County: | Pima | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Rincon Valley Fire District | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3870 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/02/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| ARIZONA | County: | Yuma | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3426 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/30/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Redistricting plan (Justice of the peace) | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| ARIZONA | County: | Yuma | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3426 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/01/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Redistricting plan (Justice of the peace) | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| ARIZONA | County: | Yuma | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Somerton | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3875 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/01/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| CALIFORNIA | County: | |||||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | ||||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3570 | |||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/02/2009 | |||||||||||||
| Redistricting procedures | ||||||||||||||
| Additional information received | ||||||||||||||
| Expedited Consideration Requested | ||||||||||||||
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| GEORGIA | County: | Fulton | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-2583 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/01/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Polling place (Changed) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| GEORGIA | County: | Taylor | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3869 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/01/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Voter registration (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
| Absentee Voting (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| LOUISIANA | Parish: | Lafayette | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Lafayette | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3883 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/30/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| LOUISIANA | Parish: | Vermilion | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Kaplan | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3568 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/30/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| MISSISSIPPI | County: | Pike | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3872 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/01/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Polling place (Changed) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| NEW YORK | Borough: | ||||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3602 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/30/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Election administration (Ballots) | |||||||||||||
| Voting method | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| NORTH CAROLINA | County: | Nash | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Nashville | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3779 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/03/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| NORTH CAROLINA | County: | Onslow | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Jacksonville | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3865 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/02/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Designation of annexed area to election district | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| NORTH CAROLINA | County: | Pitt | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Grimesland | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3880 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/30/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| NORTH CAROLINA | County: | Wayne | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Goldsboro | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3874 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/01/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Designation of annexed area to election district | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| SOUTH CAROLINA | County: | Bamberg | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3860 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/25/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Polling place (Changed) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| SOUTH CAROLINA | County: | Berkeley, Charleston | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Charleston | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3651 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/24/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Designation of annexed area to election district | |||||||||||||
| Related submission received | |||||||||||||
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| SOUTH CAROLINA | County: | Berkeley, Charleston | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Charleston | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3790 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/24/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Designation of annexed area to election district | |||||||||||||
| Related submission received | |||||||||||||
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| SOUTH CAROLINA | County: | Berkeley, Charleston | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Charleston | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3859 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/24/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Designation of annexed area to election district | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| SOUTH CAROLINA | County: | Chesterfield | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3877 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/25/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Polling place (Changed) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| SOUTH CAROLINA | County: | Hampton | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3590 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/04/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Absentee Voting (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| SOUTH CAROLINA | County: | Lexington, Richland | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Irmo | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3867 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/01/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| SOUTH CAROLINA | County: | Union | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3580 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/03/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Polling place (Changed) | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| SOUTH CAROLINA | County: | Union | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3580 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/04/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Polling place (Changed) | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | |||||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | ||||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3881 | |||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/27/2009 | |||||||||||||
| Voter registration | ||||||||||||||
| Submission received | ||||||||||||||
| Expedited Consideration Requested | ||||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Archer, Wichita | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Wichita Falls | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3873 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/01/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Bosque | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3871 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/01/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Absentee Voting (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Bowie | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3749 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/01/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Polling place (Changed) | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Calhoun | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Calhoun County Republican Party | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3863 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/02/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Precinct (Consolidation) | |||||||||||||
| Polling place (Consolidation) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Collin, Denton | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Celina | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3862 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/25/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Collin, Denton | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Frisco | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3866 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/02/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Collin, Denton | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Plano | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3879 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/02/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Special election procedures (Vacancy) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Delta | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3564 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/03/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Polling place (Changed) | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Fort Bend, Harris, Montgomery | ||||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Houston | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3856 | |||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/25/2009 | |||||||||||||
| Precinct | ||||||||||||||
| Polling place | ||||||||||||||
| Absentee Voting | ||||||||||||||
| Election administration (County to conduct election) | ||||||||||||||
| Special election procedures (Runoff) | ||||||||||||||
| Joint election procedures | ||||||||||||||
| Submission received | ||||||||||||||
| Expedited Consideration Requested | ||||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Hamilton | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Hamilton County Democratic Party | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3868 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/01/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Polling place (Changed) | |||||||||||||
| Absentee Voting (Location changed) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Harris | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3736 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/02/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Polling place (Changed) | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Harris | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3882 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/23/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Voter registration (Procedures) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Harris | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Grant Road Public Utility District | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3817 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/03/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Harris | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Harris County Municipal Utility District #24 | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3887 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/04/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Hidalgo | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Palmhurst | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3878 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/27/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Special election procedures | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Hidalgo | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Palmhurst Crime Control An Prevention District | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3491 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/02/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Creation of special district | |||||||||||||
| Special election procedures (Referendum) | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Jones | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Anson | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3857 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/24/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Special election procedures (Runoff) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Maverick | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3572 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/01/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Precinct (Consolidation) | |||||||||||||
| Polling place (Consolidation) | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Medina | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Hondo | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3670 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/18/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Election administration | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Medina | ||||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Hondo | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3809 | |||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/01/2009 | |||||||||||||
| Special election procedures (Vacancy) | ||||||||||||||
| Additional information received | ||||||||||||||
| Expedited Consideration Requested | ||||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Palo Pinto | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3593 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/02/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Polling place (Changed) | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Potter | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Potter County Democratic Party | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3884 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/01/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Precinct (Consolidation) | |||||||||||||
| Polling place (Name change) | |||||||||||||
| Polling place (Consolidation) | |||||||||||||
| Polling place (Changed) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Potter | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Potter County Republican Party | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3885 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 12/01/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Precinct (Consolidation) | |||||||||||||
| Polling place (Name change) | |||||||||||||
| Polling place (Consolidation) | |||||||||||||
| Polling place (Changed) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Roberts | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | Miami | ||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3858 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/24/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Precinct (Consolidation) | |||||||||||||
| Polling place (Consolidation) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Runnels | |||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3672 | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/25/2009 | ||||||||||||
| Bilingual procedures (Spanish language) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
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| TEXAS | County: | Wichita | ||||||||||||||
| Subjurisdiction: | ||||||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2009-3886 | |||||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/30/2009 | |||||||||||||||
| Precinct (Deconsolidation) | ||||||||||||||||
| Polling place (Added) | ||||||||||||||||
| Submission received | ||||||||||||||||
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| Christopher Coates | ||||||||||||||||
| Chief, Voting Section | ||||||||||||||||
Updated August 6, 2015