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Section 5 Notices of Submissions

NOTICE OF PRECLEARANCE ACTIVITY THE VOTING RIGHTS
ACT OF 1965, AS AMENDED
Notice Date 11/22/2010
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.


ALABAMA County:  Baldwin
Subjurisdiction:  Daphne
Submission Number:  2010-4336
Action Date:  11/15/2010
Annexation
Submission received

ALABAMA County:  Lauderdale
Subjurisdiction:  Rogersville
Submission Number:  2010-4157
Action Date:  11/18/2010
Special election procedures
Additional information received
Expedited Consideration Requested

ALABAMA County:  Lee
Subjurisdiction:  Auburn
Submission Number:  2010-4139
Action Date:  11/15/2010
Annexation
Designation of annexed area to election district
Related submission received

ALABAMA County:  Lee
Subjurisdiction:  Auburn
Submission Number:  2010-4357
Action Date:  11/15/2010
Annexation
Designation of annexed area to election district
Submission received

ALABAMA County:  Limestone, Madison
Subjurisdiction:  Huntsville
Submission Number:  2010-4342
Action Date:  11/15/2010
Annexation
Submission received

ALABAMA County:  Marshall
Subjurisdiction:  Guntersville
Submission Number:  2010-4361
Action Date:  11/17/2010
Annexation
Submission received

ALABAMA County:  Morgan
Subjurisdiction:  Decatur
Submission Number:  2010-4258
Action Date:  11/15/2010
Annexation
Related submission received

ALABAMA County:  Morgan
Subjurisdiction:  Decatur
Submission Number:  2010-4358
Action Date:  11/15/2010
Annexation
Submission received

ALABAMA County:  Winston
Subjurisdiction:  Haleyville
Submission Number:  2010-4362
Action Date:  11/18/2010
Annexation
Submission received

ALASKA Borough: 
Subjurisdiction:  Akiak
Submission Number:  2010-4355
Action Date:  11/16/2010
Special election procedures (General election)
Submission received

ALASKA Borough: 
Subjurisdiction:  Emmonak
Submission Number:  2010-4338
Action Date:  11/15/2010
Special election procedures (General election)
Submission received

ARIZONA County:  Maricopa
Subjurisdiction:  Goodyear
Submission Number:  2010-4335
Action Date:  11/12/2010
Annexation
General election
Primary election
Submission received

ARIZONA County:  Maricopa
Subjurisdiction:  Phoenix Elementary School District #1
Submission Number:  2010-3822
Action Date:  11/16/2010
Election administration (County to conduct election)
Special election procedures (Bond election)
Additional information received
Expedited Consideration Requested

ARIZONA County:  Maricopa, Yavapai
Subjurisdiction:  Peoria
Submission Number:  2010-4120
Action Date:  11/15/2010
Annexation
Related submission received

ARIZONA County:  Maricopa, Yavapai
Subjurisdiction:  Peoria
Submission Number:  2010-4356
Action Date:  11/15/2010
Annexation
Submission received

ARIZONA County:  Mohave
Subjurisdiction:  Littlefield Unified School District #9
Submission Number:  2010-4341
Action Date:  11/16/2010
Precinct
Polling place
Special election procedures (Referendum)
Submission received
Expedited Consideration Requested

ARIZONA County:  Pinal
Subjurisdiction:  Eloy
Submission Number:  2010-4350
Action Date:  11/17/2010
Annexation
Submission received

ARIZONA County:  Yuma
Subjurisdiction:  Yuma
Submission Number:  2010-4339
Action Date:  11/15/2010
Annexation
Submission received

CALIFORNIA County:  Monterey
Subjurisdiction:  Carmel Valley Fire Protection District
Submission Number:  2010-4344
Action Date:  11/10/2010
Consolidation of jurisdictions
Annexation
Submission received

CALIFORNIA County:  Monterey
Subjurisdiction:  Monterey County Regional Fire Protection District
Submission Number:  2010-4346
Action Date:  11/10/2010
Consolidation of jurisdictions
Submission received

GEORGIA County:  Ben Hill, Irwin
Subjurisdiction:  Fitzgerald
Submission Number:  2010-4363
Action Date:  11/18/2010
Annexation
Submission received

GEORGIA County:  Cherokee
Subjurisdiction:  Holly Springs
Submission Number:  2010-4359
Action Date:  11/18/2010
Staggered terms
Term of office (Four years)
Implementation schedule
Submission received

GEORGIA County:  Fulton
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-4340
Action Date:  11/16/2010
Absentee Voting (Hours)
Absentee Voting (Additional location)
Submission received
Expedited Consideration Requested

GEORGIA County:  Troup
Subjurisdiction:  La Grange
Submission Number:  2010-4187
Action Date:  11/12/2010
Annexation
Related submission received

GEORGIA County:  Troup
Subjurisdiction:  La Grange
Submission Number:  2010-4317
Action Date:  11/12/2010
Annexation
Designation of annexed area to election district
Related submission received

GEORGIA County:  Troup
Subjurisdiction:  La Grange
Submission Number:  2010-4347
Action Date:  11/12/2010
Deannexation
Submission received

LOUISIANA Parish:  St. Landry
Subjurisdiction:  Cankton
Submission Number:  2010-4351
Action Date:  11/16/2010
Annexation
Submission received

MISSISSIPPI County:  Alcorn
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-4144
Action Date:  11/16/2010
Polling place (Location changed)
Additional information received

MISSISSIPPI County:  Hinds, Madison, Rankin
Subjurisdiction:  Jackson
Submission Number:  2010-4360
Action Date:  11/15/2010
Special election procedures (Vacancy)
Submission received

NORTH CAROLINA County:  Granville
Subjurisdiction:  Oxford
Submission Number:  2010-4345
Action Date:  11/12/2010
Annexation
Submission received

NORTH CAROLINA County:  Halifax
Subjurisdiction: 
Submission Number:  2010-4054
Action Date:  11/18/2010
Special election procedures (Tax)
Additional information received

SOUTH CAROLINA County:  Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens
Subjurisdiction:  Ware Shoals
Submission Number:  2010-4084
Action Date:  11/17/2010
Special election procedures (Vacancy)
Additional information received

SOUTH CAROLINA County:  Lancaster
Subjurisdiction:  Indian Land Fire Protection District
Submission Number:  2010-4354
Action Date:  11/15/2010
Creation of special district
Method of selection (Elective to appointive)
Staggered terms
Term of office (Four years)
Number of officials
Implementation schedule
Special election procedures (Confirmation)
Submission received

SOUTH CAROLINA County:  Lexington
Subjurisdiction:  Cayce
Submission Number:  2010-4352
Action Date:  11/17/2010
Annexation
Designation of annexed area to election district
Submission received

SOUTH CAROLINA County:  Richland
Subjurisdiction:  Forest Acres
Submission Number:  2010-4337
Action Date:  11/15/2010
Annexation
Submission received

TEXAS County:  Bosque, Comanche, Coryell, Erath
Subjurisdiction:  Middle Trinity Groundwater Conservation District
Submission Number:  2010-1326
Action Date:  11/17/2010
Annexation
Submission received

TEXAS County:  Brazoria
Subjurisdiction:  West Columbia
Submission Number:  2010-4349
Action Date:  11/17/2010
Annexation
Submission received

TEXAS County:  Hidalgo
Subjurisdiction:  Mission
Submission Number:  2010-4343
Action Date:  11/12/2010
Annexation
Submission received

TEXAS County:  Jefferson
Subjurisdiction:  Hamshire Fannett Independent School District
Submission Number:  2010-4091
Action Date:  11/17/2010
Polling place (Location changed)
Special election procedures (Vacancy)
Additional information received

TEXAS County:  Nacogdoches
Subjurisdiction:  Nacogdoches
Submission Number:  2010-4353
Action Date:  11/17/2010
Polling place (Location changed)
Special election procedures (Runoff)
Submission received
Expedited Consideration Requested

TEXAS County:  Rockwall
Subjurisdiction:  Rockwall
Submission Number:  2010-4348
Action Date:  11/17/2010
Annexation
Submission received

TEXAS County:  Travis
Subjurisdiction:  Lakeway
Submission Number:  2010-4299
Action Date:  11/15/2010
Annexation
Additional information received

T. Christian Herren, Jr.
Chief, Voting Section
Updated August 6, 2015