---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 51.60"
title: "28"
number: "51.60"
heading: "Changes in electoral systems."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/51.60"
---

# §51.60. Changes in electoral systems.


In making determinations with respect to changes in electoral systems (e.g., changes to or from the use of at-large elections, changes in the size of elected bodies) the Attorney General, in addition to the factors described above, will consider the following factors (among others):

- (a) **The extent to which minority voting strength is reduced by the proposed change.**
- (b) **The extent to which minority concentrations are submerged into larger electoral units.**
- (c) The extent to which available alternative systems satisfying the jurisdiction's legitimate governmental interests were considered.

## 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.