---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 51.9"
title: "28"
number: "51.9"
heading: "Computation of time."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/51.9"
---

# §51.9. Computation of time.

- (a) The Attorney General shall have 60 days in which to interpose an objection to a submitted change affecting voting for which a response on the merits is appropriate (see [§ 51.35](/cfr/28/51.35.md), [§ 51.37](/cfr/28/51.37.md)).
- (b) The 60-day period shall commence upon receipt of a submission by the Voting Section of the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division or upon receipt of a submission by the Office of the Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, if the submission is properly marked as specified in [§ 51.24(f)](/cfr/28/51.24.md?p=f). The 60-day period shall recommence upon the receipt in like manner of a resubmission (see [§ 51.35](/cfr/28/51.35.md)), information provided in response to a written request for additional information (see [§ 51.37(b)](/cfr/28/51.37.md?p=b)), or material, supplemental information or a related submission (see [§ 51.39](/cfr/28/51.39.md)).
- (c) The 60-day period shall mean 60 calendar days, with the day of receipt of the submission not counted, and with the 60th day ending at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time of that day. If the final day of the period should fall on a Saturday, Sunday, or any day designated as a holiday by the President or Congress of the United States, or any other day that is not a day of regular business for the Department of Justice, the next full business day shall be counted as the final day of the 60-day period. The date of the Attorney General's response shall be the date on which it is transmitted to the submitting authority by any reasonable means, including placing it in a postbox of the U.S. Postal Service or a private mail carrier, sending it by telefacsimile, email, or other electronic means, or delivering it in person to a representative of the submitting authority.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Order No. 3262-2011, 76 FR 21243, Apr. 15, 2011]

### 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.

### Amendments

[Order No. 3262-2011, 76 FR 21243, Apr. 15, 2011]