Section 5 Changes By Type And Year

Total Section 5 Changes Received By The Attorney General
1965 Through 2013
TYPE	Totals 1965-89	Totals 1990-99	Totals 2000-09	Totals 2010-13	TOTAL 1965-2013
Redistricting	3,846	3,456	3,141	1,160	11,603
Annexation	32,212	31,963	40,715	6,982	111,872
Polling Place	46,458	41,257	31,522	7,514	126,751
Precinct	21,579	26,824	15,781	3,909	68,093
Reregistration or Voter Purge	1,232	101	36	8	1,377
Incorporation	1,436	1,588	1,858	297	5,179
Bilingual Procedures	2,980	997	1,523	508	6,008
Method of Election	4,634	7,819	5,951	1,939	20,343
Form of Government	1,665	519	396	157	2,737
Consolidation or Division of Political Units	199	629	792	242	1,862
Special Election	7,126	11,879	14,128	3,918	37,051
Voting Methods	1,525	1,697	6,313	1,290	10,825
Candidate Qualifications	478	2,004	1,594	679	4,755
Voter Registration Procedures	20,458	19,117	4,728	741	45,044
Miscellaneous	13,942	23,190	41,745	15,446	94,323
Election Law	206	7,568	0	0	7,774
Not Within the Scope of Section 5	29	642	0	0	671
	Totals 1965-89	Totals 1990-99	Totals 2000-09	Totals 2010-13	TOTAL 1965-2013
TOTALS 1965-2013	168,215	173,040	170,223	44,790	556,268

Updated July 14, 2022