About Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act

• Introduction to Section 5 Preclearance
• Jurisdictions That Must Obtain Section 5 Preclearance (Covered Jurisdictions)
• What Must be Precleared Under Section 5 (Covered Changes)
• Making Section 5 Submissions
• Section 5 Guidelines
• Notices of Section 5 Activity
• Section 5 Objections
• Litigation Concerning Section 5

Section 5 Objection Determinations

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To review a chronological listing, by state, of the Section 5 objections interposed, continued or withdrawn by the Attorney General since 1965, please select the state from the table below:

Alabama	Florida	Mississippi	South Carolina
Alaska	Georgia	New Mexico	South Dakota
Arizona	Louisiana	New York	Texas
California	Michigan	New Hampshire	North Carolina	Virginia

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Last Revised - January 2, 2008