---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 51.8"
title: "28"
number: "51.8"
heading: "Section 3 coverage."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/51.8"
---

# §51.8. Section 3 coverage.


Under section 3(c) of the Act, a court in voting rights litigation can order as relief that a jurisdiction not subject to the preclearance requirement of [section 5](/cfr/28/5.md) preclear its voting changes by submitting them either to the court or to the Attorney General. Where a jurisdiction is required under [section 3(c)](/cfr/28/3.md?p=c) to preclear its voting changes, and it elects to submit the proposed changes to the Attorney General for preclearance, the procedures in this part will apply.


## 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.