96-7073. Voting Rights Program

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 57 (Friday, March 22, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 11747-11748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7073]



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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

45 CFR Part 801


Voting Rights Program

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Final rule with request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is establishing a new 
office for filing applications or complaints under the Voting Rights 
Act of 1965, as amended. This designation is necessary to enforce the 
voting guarantees of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments to the 
Constitution. This amendment establishes Alameda County, California, as 
a new office for filing applications or complaints.

DATES: This rule is effective March 23, 1996. In view of the need for 
its publication without an opportunity for prior comment, comments will 
still be considered. To be timely, comments must be received on or 
before April 22, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to Barbara Matthews-Beck, Attorney, 
Office of Personnel Management, Room 7F10, 1900 E Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20415.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara Matthews-Beck, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement and 
Order in United States of America v. Alameda County, California, et 
al., C.A. No. 95-1266 (N.D. Cal. January 22, 1996), Alameda County has 
been designated as an additional examination point under the provisions 
of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended. This designation is 
necessary to enforce the guarantees of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth 
amendments to the Constitution. Accordingly, pursuant to section 6 of 
the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1973d, OPM 
will appoint Federal Examiners to review the qualifications of 
applicants to be registered to vote and Federal observers to observe 
local elections.
    Under Sec. 553(b)(3)(B) of title 5 of the United States Code, the 
Director finds that good cause exists for waiving the general notice of 
proposed rulemaking. The notice is being waived because of OPM's legal 
responsibilities under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1973e(a) and other parts of the 
Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, which require OPM to publish 
counties certified by the U.S. Attorney General and locations within 
these counties where citizens can be federally listed and become 
eligible to vote, and where Federal observers can be sent to observe 
local elections.
    Under Sec. 553(d)(3) of title 5 of the United States Code, the 
Director finds that good cause exists to make this amendment effective 
in less than 30 days. The regulation is being made effective 
immediately in view of the pending election to be held in the subject 
county, where Federal observers will observe the election under the 
authority of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended.

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Regulatory Flexibility Act

    I certify that this regulation will not have a significant economic 
impact on a substantial number of small entities because it adds one 
new location to the list of counties in the regulations concerning 
OPM's responsibilities under the Voting Rights Act.

List of Subjects in 45 CFR Part 801

    Administrative practice and procedure, Voting rights.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
James B. King,
Director.

    Accordingly, OPM is amending 45 CFR Part 801 as follows:

PART 801--VOTING RIGHTS PROGRAM

    1. The authority citation for Part 801 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. Sec. 1103; secs. 7, 9, 79 Stat. 440, 411 (42 
U.S.C. Secs. 1973e, 1973g).

    2. Appendix A to Part 801 is amended under ``Dates, Times, and 
Places for Filing'' by adding alphabetically Alameda County of 
California to read as follows:

Appendix A to Part 801

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Dates, Times, and Places for Filing

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California

County; Place for filing; Beginning date
Alameda; Oakland-U.S. Attorneys Office, Oakland Branch, 1301 Clay 
Street, Suite 3405, Oakland, California, 94612
[phone] and [phone]; March 23, 1996
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[FR Doc. 96-7073 Filed 3-21-96; 8:45 am]
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