(a) Expiration. The requirements of section 5 will expire at the end of the twenty-five-year period following the effective date of the amendments made by the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, César E. Chávez, Barbara C. Jordan, William C. Velásquez, and Dr. Hector P. Garcia Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 (VRARA), which amendments became effective on July 27, 2006. See section 4(a)(8) of the VRARA.
(b) Bailout. Any political subunit in a covered jurisdiction or a political subdivision of a covered State, a covered jurisdiction or a political subdivision of a covered State, or a covered State may terminate the application of section 5 (“bailout”) by obtaining the declaratory judgment described in section 4(a) of the Act.
[Order No. 3262-2011, 76 FR 21243, Apr. 15, 2011]
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United States v. Sheffield Bd. of Comm'rs, 435 U.S. 110 (1978).
· cites it 2× “See 28 CFR §§ 51.5 , 51.10 (a) (1976). [27] In pertinent part, this provides that, "regarding a change as to which approval by referendum .”
Garza v. Gates, 482 F. Supp. 1211 (W.D. Tex. 1980).
“The original submission by the County, dated December 8, 1976, was in letter form, as contemplated (but not mandated) by 28 C.F.R. § 51.5 ; however, even though the same procedure was followed in the correspondence dated January 26, 1977, June 8, 1977, August 11, 1977, August…”
Nw. Austin Mun. Util. Dist. One v. Mukasey, 557 F. Supp. 2d 9 (D.D.C. 2008).
“In 1987 the Attorney General issued a regulation providing that only political subdivisions as defined in section 14(c)(2) may seek bailout.”
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