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28 CFR §51.57

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Among the factors the Attorney General will consider in making determinations with respect to the submitted changes affecting voting are the following:
  1. (a)The extent to which a reasonable and legitimate justification for the change exists;
  2. (b)The extent to which the jurisdiction followed objective guidelines and fair and conventional procedures in adopting the change;
  3. (c)The extent to which the jurisdiction afforded members of racial and language minority groups an opportunity to participate in the decision to make the change;
  4. (d)The extent to which the jurisdiction took the concerns of members of racial and language minority groups into account in making the change; and
  5. (e)The factors set forth in Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp., 429 U.S. 252 (1977):
    1. (1)Whether the impact of the official action bears more heavily on one race than another;
    2. (2)The historical background of the decision;
    3. (3)The specific sequence of events leading up to the decision;
    4. (4)Whether there are departures from the normal procedural sequence;
    5. (5)Whether there are substantive departures from the normal factors considered; and
    6. (6)The legislative or administrative history, including contemporaneous statements made by the decision makers.