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GGD-84-76 1 (1984-07-23)

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BY THE US. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE




Report To The Honorable Gillespie V. Montgomery


Justice's Processing of Mississippi's

Proposed Voting Changes


GAO compared the time Justice took to
process proposed voting changes from
Mississippi and all other jurisdictions
covered by section 5 of the Voting Rights Act
of 1965, as amended GAO determined
whether Justice used form letters asking
identical questions regardless of the type of
voting change when it requested ad-
ditional information from Mississippi. GAO
found that the time frame for Justice to
process Mississippi voting changes is
similar to the time frame for processing
voting changes submitted by all other
covered jurisdictions. When Justice cannot
fully analyze proposed changes on the basis
of data provided by the jurisdictions, it will
usually request that jurisdictions submit
additional information. Justice's decisions
to request additional information from
Mississippi were based on an individual
case-by-case review and its letters to
Mississippi, although similar in format, re-
quested information that differed according
to the circumstances of each submission


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JULY 23, 1984


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