---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 51.4"
title: "28"
number: "51.4"
heading: "Date used to determine coverage; list of covered jurisdictions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/51.4"
---

# §51.4. Date used to determine coverage; list of covered jurisdictions.

- (a) The requirement of [section 5](/cfr/28/5.md) takes effect upon publication in the Federal Register of the requisite determinations of the Director of the Census and the Attorney General under [section 4(b)](/cfr/28/4.md?p=b). These determinations are not reviewable in any court. ([Section 4(b)](/cfr/28/4.md?p=b)).
- (b) [Section 5](/cfr/28/5.md) requires the preclearance of changes affecting voting made since the date used for the determination of coverage. For each covered jurisdiction that date is one of the following: November 1, 1964; November 1, 1968; or November 1, 1972.
- (c) The appendix to this part contains a list of covered jurisdictions, together with the applicable date used to determine coverage and the Federal Register citation for the determination of coverage.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510, and 42 U.S.C. 1973b, 1973c.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 490, Jan. 6, 1987, unless otherwise noted.