{"data":{"id":"us/28-cfr-51.57","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"28 CFR 51.57","heading":"Relevant factors.","body":"Among the factors the Attorney General will consider in making determinations with respect to the submitted changes affecting voting are the following:\n(a) The extent to which a reasonable and legitimate justification for the change exists;\n(b) The extent to which the jurisdiction followed objective guidelines and fair and conventional procedures in adopting the change;\n(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;\n(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\n(e) The factors set forth in Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp., 429 U.S. 252 (1977):\n(1) Whether the impact of the official action bears more heavily on one race than another;\n(2) The historical background of the decision;\n(3) The specific sequence of events leading up to the decision;\n(4) Whether there are departures from the normal procedural sequence;\n(5) Whether there are substantive departures from the normal factors considered; and\n(6) The legislative or administrative history, including contemporaneous statements made by the decision makers.","path":["Title 28—Judicial Administration","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","PART 51—PROCEDURES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF SECTION 5 OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965, AS AMENDED","Subpart F—Determinations by the Attorney General"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-28.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:14Z","sha256":"50a6562383b7f684739743cf15a8ac2eae44f2a6e003ac6b48bb37cc15d8e82a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/28-cfr-51.56","next":"us/28-cfr-51.58"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}