U.S. Department
of Justice
Section 5 Notices of Submissions
| NOTICE OF PRECLEARANCE ACTIVITY THE VOTING RIGHTS | |||||||||||||||
| ACT OF 1965, AS AMENDED | |||||||||||||||
| Notice Date | 12/01/2008 | ||||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||||
| If you are currently receiving this notice by postal service delivery and would like to receive it by electronic mail, you may send a request to section5.notice@usdoj.gov. Please provide both your current mailing address and the electronic mail address to which you like it sent. If you would like to be removed from our mailing list because you are able to access the list from our web site or for any other reason, please send your current mailing address to section5.notice@usdoj.gov and include the word "remove." You may begin receiving this notice by sending a request to section5.notice@usdoj.gov with the electronic mail address to which you like it sent. | |||||||||||||||
| The following submissions of voting changes, additional information regarding previous, but still pending submissions, withdrawals of submitted voting changes, objections, requests for the Attorney General to reconsider objections, and filings of declaratory judgment actions were received on the dates indicated. | |||||||||||||||
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| Alabama | Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
| County: | ||||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/25/2008 | |||||||||||||
| Voter registration (National Voter Registration Act) | ||||||||||||||
| Additional information received | ||||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2008-5693 | |||||||||||||
| Expedited Consideration Requested | ||||||||||||||
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| Arizona | Subjurisdiction: | Mesa | |||||||||||
| County: | Maricopa | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/20/2008 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Related submission received | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2008-5491 | ||||||||||||
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| Arizona | Subjurisdiction: | Mesa | |||||||||||
| County: | Maricopa | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/20/2008 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2008-5698 | ||||||||||||
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| Arizona | Subjurisdiction: | Yuma | |||||||||||
| County: | Yuma | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/25/2008 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2008-5700 | ||||||||||||
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| California | Subjurisdiction: | Monterey County Resource Conservation District | |||||||||||
| County: | Monterey | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/17/2008 | ||||||||||||
| Deannexation | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2008-5706 | ||||||||||||
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| Georgia | Subjurisdiction: | Newnan | |||||||||||
| County: | Coweta | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/24/2008 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2008-5701 | ||||||||||||
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| Georgia | Subjurisdiction: | Oakwood | |||||||||||
| County: | Hall | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/25/2008 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Designation of annexed area to election district | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2008-5344 | ||||||||||||
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| Mississippi | Subjurisdiction: | Hattiesburg | |||||||||||
| County: | Forrest, Lamar | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/26/2008 | ||||||||||||
| Redistricting plan | |||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2008-5390 | ||||||||||||
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| Mississippi | Subjurisdiction: | ||||||||||||
| County: | Tate | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/21/2008 | ||||||||||||
| Voting method (Paper ballots) | |||||||||||||
| Runoff election | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2008-5699 | ||||||||||||
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| North Carolina | Subjurisdiction: | Greensboro | |||||||||||
| County: | Guilford | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/24/2008 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2008-5704 | ||||||||||||
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| South Dakota | Subjurisdiction: | ||||||||||||
| County: | Buffalo | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/24/2008 | ||||||||||||
| Election administration | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2008-3252 | ||||||||||||
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| Texas | Subjurisdiction: | Dallas Independent School District | |||||||||||
| County: | Dallas | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/24/2008 | ||||||||||||
| Implementation schedule (Terms of office) | |||||||||||||
| General election (Date change) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2008-5695 | ||||||||||||
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| Texas | Subjurisdiction: | Dallas Independent School District | |||||||||||
| County: | Dallas | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/25/2008 | ||||||||||||
| Implementation schedule (Terms of office) | |||||||||||||
| General election (Date change) | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2008-5695 | ||||||||||||
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| Texas | Subjurisdiction: | Diboll | |||||||||||
| County: | Angelina | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/13/2008 | ||||||||||||
| Method of election | |||||||||||||
| Districting plan | |||||||||||||
| Number of officials | |||||||||||||
| Special election procedures (Charter amendment) | |||||||||||||
| Resubmission received | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2008-2328 | ||||||||||||
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| Texas | Subjurisdiction: | Farmersville | |||||||||||
| County: | Collin | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/24/2008 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2008-5702 | ||||||||||||
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| Texas | Subjurisdiction: | Horseshoe Bay | |||||||||||
| County: | Burnet, Llano | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/24/2008 | ||||||||||||
| Annexation | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2008-5696 | ||||||||||||
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| Texas | Subjurisdiction: | Latexo Independent School District | |||||||||||
| County: | Houston | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/25/2008 | ||||||||||||
| Polling place (Changed) | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2008-5655 | ||||||||||||
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| Texas | Subjurisdiction: | Mckinney | |||||||||||
| County: | Collin | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/24/2008 | ||||||||||||
| Polling place (Added) | |||||||||||||
| Absentee Voting (Hours) | |||||||||||||
| Absentee Voting (Additional location) | |||||||||||||
| Special election procedures (Vacancy) | |||||||||||||
| Submission received | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2008-5705 | ||||||||||||
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| Texas | Subjurisdiction: | Mckinney | |||||||||||
| County: | Collin | ||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/26/2008 | ||||||||||||
| Polling place (Added) | |||||||||||||
| Absentee Voting (Additional location) | |||||||||||||
| Absentee Voting (Hours) | |||||||||||||
| Special election procedures (Vacancy) | |||||||||||||
| Additional information received | |||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2008-5705 | ||||||||||||
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| Texas | Subjurisdiction: | Port Arthur | ||||||||||||
| County: | Jefferson, Orange | |||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/24/2008 | |||||||||||||
| Annexation | ||||||||||||||
| Resubmission received | ||||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2008-4883 | |||||||||||||
| Expedited Consideration Requested | ||||||||||||||
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| Texas | Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||
| County: | Brazoria | |||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/24/2008 | |||||||||||||
| Precinct (Consolidation) | ||||||||||||||
| Polling place (Consolidation) | ||||||||||||||
| Special election procedures (Runoff) | ||||||||||||||
| Submission received | ||||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2008-5703 | |||||||||||||
| Expedited Consideration Requested | ||||||||||||||
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| Texas | Subjurisdiction: | |||||||||||||||
| County: | Parker | |||||||||||||||
| Action Date: | 11/26/2008 | |||||||||||||||
| Election administration (Notice procedures) | ||||||||||||||||
| Submission received | ||||||||||||||||
| Submission Number: | 2008-5707 | |||||||||||||||
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| Christopher Coates | ||||||||||||||||
| Chief, Voting Section | ||||||||||||||||
Updated August 6, 2015