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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA,
a political subdivision of the
Commonwealth of Virginia,
Plaintiff,
Vv.
Attorney General of the C.A. No. 07-cv-01485 (TFH)
United States of America,
GRACE CHUNG BECKER,
Acting Assistant Attorney General,
Civil Rights Division, United States
Department of Justice, Washington, DC,
(Three-judge court)
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MICHAEL B. MUKASEY, )
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Defendants. )
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CONSENT JUDGMENT AND DECREE
This action was initiated by Middlesex County, Virginia, a political subdivision of
the Commonwealth of Virginia (hereafter “the County”). The County is subject to the
provisions of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §1973c.
The County seeks a declaratory judgment under Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of
1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §1973b. A three-judge court has been convened as provided
in 42 U.S.C. §1973b(a)(5) and 28 U.S.C. §2284.
Section 4(a) of the Voting Rights Act provides that a state or political subdivision
subject to the special provisions of the Act may be exempted from those provisions if it
can demonstrate in an action for a declaratory judgment before the United States
District Court for the District of Columbia that for the ten-year period prior to filing the
action and during its pendency, it has both 1) complied with the Voting Rights Act, andPage 2 Case 1:07-cv-01485-TFH Document5 Filed 01/07/2008 Page 2 of 10
2) taken positive steps both to encourage minority political participation and to remove
structural barriers to minority electoral influence. In order to demonstrate compliance
with the Voting Rights Act during the ten-year period prior to commencement of a
declaratory judgment action under Section 4(a), the County must satisfy five conditions:
1) the County has not used any test or device during that
ten-year period for the purpose or with the effect of denying or
abridging the right to vote on account of race or color;
2) no court of the United States has issued a final judgment
during that ten-year period that the right to vote has been
denied or abridged on account of race or color within the
territory of the County, and no consent decree, settlement or
agreement may have been entered into during that ten-year period
that resulted in the abandonment of a voting practice challenged
on-such grounds; and no such claims may be pending at the time -
the declaratory judgment action is commenced;
3) no Federal examiners have been assigned to the County
pursuant to the Voting Rights Act during the ten-year period
preceding commencement of the declaratory judgment action;
4) the County and all governmental units within its
territory must have complied with Section 5 of the Voting Rights
Act, 42 U.S.C.§1973c, during that ten-year period, including the
requirement that voting changes covered under Section 5 not be
enforced without Section 5 preclearance, and that all voting
changes denied Section 5 preclearance by the Attorney General or
the District Court for the District of Columbia have been
repealed; and
5) neither the Attorney General nor the District Court for
the District of Columbia have denied Section 5 preclearance to a
submission by the County or any governmental unit within its
territory during that ten-year period, nor may any Section 5
submissions or declaratory judgment actions be pending. 42
U.S.C. §1973b(a)(1)(A-E).
In addition, to obtain the declaratory judgment, the County and all governmental
units within its territory must have: 1) eliminated voting procedures and methods of
election that inhibit or dilute equal access to the electoral process, 42 U.S.C.
§1973b(a)(1)(F)(); and 2) engaged in constructive efforts to eliminate intimidationPage 3 Case 1:07-cv-01485-TFH Document5 Filed 01/07/2008 Page 3 of 10
or harassment of persons exercising voting rights, and to expand the opportunity for
convenient registration and voting for every person of voting age, and the appointment of
minority persons as election officials throughout the jurisdiction and at all stages
required to present evidence of minority participation in the electoral process, including
the levels of minority group registration and voting, changes in such levels over time, and
disparities between minority group and non-minority group participation. 42 U.S.C.
§1973b(a)(2). In the ten years preceding bailout, the County must not have engaged in
violations of any provision of the Constitution or laws of the United States or any State or
political subdivision with respect to discrimination in voting on account of race or color.
42 U.S.C. §1973b(a)(3). Finally, the County must provide public notice of its intent to
seek a Section 4(a) declaratory judgment. 42 U.S.C. §1973b(a)(4).
The Defendants Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General, after
investigation, have agreed that the Plaintiff has fulfilled all conditions required by
Section 4(a) and is entitled to the requested declaratory judgment. The parties have filed
a joint motion, accompanied by a Stipulation of Facts, in support of entry of this Consent
Judgment and Decree.
FINDINGS
Pursuant to the parties’ stipulations and joint motion, this Court finds as follows:
l. The County is a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and a
political subdivision of a state within the meaning of Section 4(a) of the Voting
Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §1973b(a)(1).Page 4 Case 1:07-cv-01485-TFH Document5 Filed 01/07/2008 Page 4 of 10
2. The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors is the governing body that
formulates policies for the administration of government in Middlesex County.
It is comprised of five members elected from single-member districts to serve
four-year staggered terms. The County Board of Supervisors appoints a
County Administrator to serve as the County's chief administrative officer. The
general day to day operations of Middlesex County are controlled by the
Office of the County Administrator. In addition to the County itself, there are
elected governmental units that exist completely in Middlesex County within
the meaning of 42 U.S.C. §1973b(a)(1). One of these is the town government
of Urbanna, which is governed by a Town Administrator, Mayor and six-
member town council. Another governmental unit operating completely within
Middlesex County is the five-member Middlesex County School Board, which
are elected in odd years to four-year staggered terms from the same districts as
members of the County Board of Supervisors. The County is a covered
jurisdiction subject to the special provisions of the Voting Rights Act,
including Section 5 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973c.
3. The County was designated as a jurisdiction subject to the special provisions
of the Voting Rights Act on the basis of the determinations made by the
Attorney General that Virginia maintained a “test or device” as defined by
section 4(b) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973b(b), on November |, 1964, and by
the Director of the Census that fewer than 50 percent of the persons of voting
age residing in the state voted in the 1964 presidential election.Page 5 Case 1:07-cv-01485-TFH Document5 Filed 01/07/2008 Page 5 of 10
10.
No discriminatory test or device has been used by the County during the ten
years prior to the commencement of this action for the purpose or with the
effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race or color.
No person in the County has been denied the right to vote on account of race
or color during the past ten years.
No court of the United States has issued a final judgment during the last ten
years prior to the commencement of this action that the right to vote has been
denied or abridged on account of race or color in Middlesex County, and no
consent decree, settlement, or agreement has been entered into resulting in any
abandonment of a voting practice challenged on such grounds during that time.
No such claims presently are pending or were pending at the time this action
was filed.
No Federal Examiners or Observers have been assigned to the County within
the ten-year period preceding this action.
The County has not enforced any voting changes prior to receiving Section 5
preclearance during the ten-year period preceding this action.
All voting changes submitted by the County under Section 5 of the Voting
Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §1973c, have been precleared by the Attorney General.
No Section 5 submissions by the County are pending before the Attorney
General. The County has never sought Section 5 judicial preclearance from
this Court.
No voting practices or procedures have been abandoned by the County or
challenged on the grounds that such practices or procedures would have eitherPage 6 Case 1:07-cv-01485-TFH Document5 Filed 01/07/2008 Page 6 of 10
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the purpose or the effect of denying the right to vote on account of race or
color during the ten-year period preceding this action.
The County does not employ voting procedures or methods of election which
inhibit or dilute equal access to the electoral process by the County’s minority
citizens.
There is no indication that in the past ten years any persons in Middlesex
County have been subject to intimidation or harassment in the course of
exercising their right to participate in the political process. The County has
engaged in constructive efforts over the years to enhance registration and
voting opportunities for all of its citizens of voting age in a variety of ways.
Voter registration opportunities in the County are readily and equally available
to all citizens. The voter registration office for the County is located in the
Woodward Building with other county offices in Saluda, a location that is
convenient for all County residents. The voter registration office is open from
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. Voters in Middlesex County may also register by
mail, and voter registration applications are available at locations convenient to
voters in the County. The opportunity to become a registered voter in
Middlesex County is also available under the National Voter Registration Act
(the “NVRA”) at the Department of Motor Vehicle (“DMV”) offices and at
public assistance agencies in Middlesex County. The Middlesex County
General Registrar makes voter registration applications available at the County
social services office, County health department, all of the libraries in the
County, and all of the post offices in the County. The registrar typically does aPage 7 Case 1:07-cv-01485-TFH Document5 ~~ Filed 01/07/2008 Page 7 of 10
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presentation about voting and registers high school seniors at the public high
school in the spring. While in past years most voters became registered at the
County’s voter registration office, the implementation of the NVRA in
Virginia over the last decade has changed the origin of many registration
applications. Today, many of the County's new registrants register through
applications submitted through the DMV and by mail, and the opportunities
for persons to register to vote in Middlesex County has been made more
convenient and available as a result of implementation of the NVRA.
Since the County does not record the race of its registered voters, it is unable
to present evidence directly measuring minority voter participation, but the
County has provided evidence of voter participation for elections since 1997.
Current data show, for example, that a significant proportion of the County’s
voting age population is registered to vote. The voting age population of the
County, according to the 2000 census, is 8,023. As of November 2006, there
were 7,348 registered voters in Middlesex County (91.6% of the voting age
population). The number of registered voters in the County has steadily risen
over the last few years. In 1998, for example, there were 5,989 registered
voters in the County. By 2003, the number of registered voters had grown to
6,601. The number of registered voters in the County has continued to grow.
As of 2006, there were 7,348. Thus, from 1998 to 2006, the total number of
registered voters in the County has grown by 23% (from 5,989 in 1998 to
7,348 in 2006). Voter turnout in elections within Middlesex County (i.e., the
percentage of those registered voters who cast ballots) varies according to thePage 8 Case 1:07-cv-01485-TFH Document5 ~ Filed 01/07/2008 Page 8 of 10
offices up for election. In the last two Presidential elections (2000 and 2004),
for example, 75.8% and 76.9% of the County’s registered voters turned out to
vote, respectively. In the General Elections for state and county offices held in
November 1999, 2001, 2003, and 2005, 62.7%, 58.6%, 51.2%, and 54.1% of
the County's registered voters turned out to vote, respectively.
14. The County has not engaged, within the ten years prior to the commencement
of this action, in any violations of the Constitution or laws of the United States
or any State or political subdivision with respect to discrimination in voting on
account of race or color.
15. The County has publicized the intended commencement and proposed
settlement of this action in the media and in appropriate United States post
offices as required under 42 U.S.C. §1973b(a)(4). No aggrieved party has
sought to intervene in this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1973b(a)(4).
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED:
I. The Plaintiff, Middlesex County, Virginia is entitled to a
declaratory judgment in accordance with Section 4(a)(1) of the
Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §1973b(a)(1);
2. The parties’ Joint Motion for Entry of Consent Judgment and
Decree is GRANTED, and Middlesex County, including the
Middlesex County School Board and the Town of Urbanna, shall
be exempt from coverage pursuant to Section 4(b) of the Voting
Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §1973b(b), provided that this Court shall
retain jurisdiction over this matter for a period of ten years. ThisPage 9 Case 1:07-cv-01485-TFH Document5 ~~ Filed 01/07/2008 Page 9 of 10
action shall be closed and placed on this Court's inactive docket,
subject to being reactivated upon application by either the Attorney
General or any aggrieved person in accordance with the procedures
set forth in 42 U.S.C. §1973b(a)(5).
3. The parties shall bear their own costs.
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Approved as to form and content:
For the Plaintiff MIDDLESEX COUNTY:
/s/ J. Gerald Hebert
J. GERALD HEBERT
Attorney at Law
5019 Waple Lane
Alexandria, Va. 22304
(703) 628-4673 (O)
DC Bar No. 447676
For the Defendants MUKASEY and BECKER:
MICHAEL B. MUKASEY
- Attorney General ‘
GRACE CHUNG BECKER
Acting Assistant Attorney General
JEFFREY A. TAYLOR
United States Attorney
/s! Christy McCormick
JOHN TANNER
GAYE L. TENOSO
CHRISTY McCORMICK
Attorneys, Voting Section
Civil Rights Division
United States Department of Justice
Room 7254 —-NWB
950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20530
(202) 514-2386
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA,
a political subdivision of the
Commonwealth of Virginia,
Plaintiff,
Vv.
Attorney General of the C.A. No. 07-cv-01485 (TFH)
United States of America,
GRACE CHUNG BECKER,
Acting Assistant Attorney General,
Civil Rights Division, United States
Department of Justice, Washington, DC,
(Three-judge court)
)
)
)
)
)
)
MICHAEL B. MUKASEY, )
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)
)
)
)
)
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Defendants. )
)
CONSENT JUDGMENT AND DECREE
This action was initiated by Middlesex County, Virginia, a political subdivision of
the Commonwealth of Virginia (hereafter “the County”). The County is subject to the
provisions of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §1973c.
The County seeks a declaratory judgment under Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of
1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §1973b. A three-judge court has been convened as provided
in 42 U.S.C. §1973b(a)(5) and 28 U.S.C. §2284.
Section 4(a) of the Voting Rights Act provides that a state or political subdivision
subject to the special provisions of the Act may be exempted from those provisions if it
can demonstrate in an action for a declaratory judgment before the United States
District Court for the District of Columbia that for the ten-year period prior to filing the
action and during its pendency, it has both 1) complied with the Voting Rights Act, and
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2) taken positive steps both to encourage minority political participation and to remove
structural barriers to minority electoral influence. In order to demonstrate compliance
with the Voting Rights Act during the ten-year period prior to commencement of a
declaratory judgment action under Section 4(a), the County must satisfy five conditions:
1) the County has not used any test or device during that
ten-year period for the purpose or with the effect of denying or
abridging the right to vote on account of race or color;
2) no court of the United States has issued a final judgment
during that ten-year period that the right to vote has been
denied or abridged on account of race or color within the
territory of the County, and no consent decree, settlement or
agreement may have been entered into during that ten-year period
that resulted in the abandonment of a voting practice challenged
on-such grounds; and no such claims may be pending at the time -
the declaratory judgment action is commenced;
3) no Federal examiners have been assigned to the County
pursuant to the Voting Rights Act during the ten-year period
preceding commencement of the declaratory judgment action;
4) the County and all governmental units within its
territory must have complied with Section 5 of the Voting Rights
Act, 42 U.S.C.§1973c, during that ten-year period, including the
requirement that voting changes covered under Section 5 not be
enforced without Section 5 preclearance, and that all voting
changes denied Section 5 preclearance by the Attorney General or
the District Court for the District of Columbia have been
repealed; and
5) neither the Attorney General nor the District Court for
the District of Columbia have denied Section 5 preclearance to a
submission by the County or any governmental unit within its
territory during that ten-year period, nor may any Section 5
submissions or declaratory judgment actions be pending. 42
U.S.C. §1973b(a)(1)(A-E).
In addition, to obtain the declaratory judgment, the County and all governmental
units within its territory must have: 1) eliminated voting procedures and methods of
election that inhibit or dilute equal access to the electoral process, 42 U.S.C.
§1973b(a)(1)(F)(); and 2) engaged in constructive efforts to eliminate intimidation
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or harassment of persons exercising voting rights, and to expand the opportunity for
convenient registration and voting for every person of voting age, and the appointment of
minority persons as election officials throughout the jurisdiction and at all stages
required to present evidence of minority participation in the electoral process, including
the levels of minority group registration and voting, changes in such levels over time, and
disparities between minority group and non-minority group participation. 42 U.S.C.
§1973b(a)(2). In the ten years preceding bailout, the County must not have engaged in
violations of any provision of the Constitution or laws of the United States or any State or
political subdivision with respect to discrimination in voting on account of race or color.
42 U.S.C. §1973b(a)(3). Finally, the County must provide public notice of its intent to
seek a Section 4(a) declaratory judgment. 42 U.S.C. §1973b(a)(4).
The Defendants Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General, after
investigation, have agreed that the Plaintiff has fulfilled all conditions required by
Section 4(a) and is entitled to the requested declaratory judgment. The parties have filed
a joint motion, accompanied by a Stipulation of Facts, in support of entry of this Consent
Judgment and Decree.
FINDINGS
Pursuant to the parties’ stipulations and joint motion, this Court finds as follows:
l. The County is a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and a
political subdivision of a state within the meaning of Section 4(a) of the Voting
Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §1973b(a)(1).
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2. The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors is the governing body that
formulates policies for the administration of government in Middlesex County.
It is comprised of five members elected from single-member districts to serve
four-year staggered terms. The County Board of Supervisors appoints a
County Administrator to serve as the County's chief administrative officer. The
general day to day operations of Middlesex County are controlled by the
Office of the County Administrator. In addition to the County itself, there are
elected governmental units that exist completely in Middlesex County within
the meaning of 42 U.S.C. §1973b(a)(1). One of these is the town government
of Urbanna, which is governed by a Town Administrator, Mayor and six-
member town council. Another governmental unit operating completely within
Middlesex County is the five-member Middlesex County School Board, which
are elected in odd years to four-year staggered terms from the same districts as
members of the County Board of Supervisors. The County is a covered
jurisdiction subject to the special provisions of the Voting Rights Act,
including Section 5 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973c.
3. The County was designated as a jurisdiction subject to the special provisions
of the Voting Rights Act on the basis of the determinations made by the
Attorney General that Virginia maintained a “test or device” as defined by
section 4(b) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973b(b), on November |, 1964, and by
the Director of the Census that fewer than 50 percent of the persons of voting
age residing in the state voted in the 1964 presidential election.
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10.
No discriminatory test or device has been used by the County during the ten
years prior to the commencement of this action for the purpose or with the
effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race or color.
No person in the County has been denied the right to vote on account of race
or color during the past ten years.
No court of the United States has issued a final judgment during the last ten
years prior to the commencement of this action that the right to vote has been
denied or abridged on account of race or color in Middlesex County, and no
consent decree, settlement, or agreement has been entered into resulting in any
abandonment of a voting practice challenged on such grounds during that time.
No such claims presently are pending or were pending at the time this action
was filed.
No Federal Examiners or Observers have been assigned to the County within
the ten-year period preceding this action.
The County has not enforced any voting changes prior to receiving Section 5
preclearance during the ten-year period preceding this action.
All voting changes submitted by the County under Section 5 of the Voting
Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §1973c, have been precleared by the Attorney General.
No Section 5 submissions by the County are pending before the Attorney
General. The County has never sought Section 5 judicial preclearance from
this Court.
No voting practices or procedures have been abandoned by the County or
challenged on the grounds that such practices or procedures would have either
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11.
12.
the purpose or the effect of denying the right to vote on account of race or
color during the ten-year period preceding this action.
The County does not employ voting procedures or methods of election which
inhibit or dilute equal access to the electoral process by the County’s minority
citizens.
There is no indication that in the past ten years any persons in Middlesex
County have been subject to intimidation or harassment in the course of
exercising their right to participate in the political process. The County has
engaged in constructive efforts over the years to enhance registration and
voting opportunities for all of its citizens of voting age in a variety of ways.
Voter registration opportunities in the County are readily and equally available
to all citizens. The voter registration office for the County is located in the
Woodward Building with other county offices in Saluda, a location that is
convenient for all County residents. The voter registration office is open from
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. Voters in Middlesex County may also register by
mail, and voter registration applications are available at locations convenient to
voters in the County. The opportunity to become a registered voter in
Middlesex County is also available under the National Voter Registration Act
(the “NVRA”) at the Department of Motor Vehicle (“DMV”) offices and at
public assistance agencies in Middlesex County. The Middlesex County
General Registrar makes voter registration applications available at the County
social services office, County health department, all of the libraries in the
County, and all of the post offices in the County. The registrar typically does a
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presentation about voting and registers high school seniors at the public high
school in the spring. While in past years most voters became registered at the
County’s voter registration office, the implementation of the NVRA in
Virginia over the last decade has changed the origin of many registration
applications. Today, many of the County's new registrants register through
applications submitted through the DMV and by mail, and the opportunities
for persons to register to vote in Middlesex County has been made more
convenient and available as a result of implementation of the NVRA.
Since the County does not record the race of its registered voters, it is unable
to present evidence directly measuring minority voter participation, but the
County has provided evidence of voter participation for elections since 1997.
Current data show, for example, that a significant proportion of the County’s
voting age population is registered to vote. The voting age population of the
County, according to the 2000 census, is 8,023. As of November 2006, there
were 7,348 registered voters in Middlesex County (91.6% of the voting age
population). The number of registered voters in the County has steadily risen
over the last few years. In 1998, for example, there were 5,989 registered
voters in the County. By 2003, the number of registered voters had grown to
6,601. The number of registered voters in the County has continued to grow.
As of 2006, there were 7,348. Thus, from 1998 to 2006, the total number of
registered voters in the County has grown by 23% (from 5,989 in 1998 to
7,348 in 2006). Voter turnout in elections within Middlesex County (i.e., the
percentage of those registered voters who cast ballots) varies according to the
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offices up for election. In the last two Presidential elections (2000 and 2004),
for example, 75.8% and 76.9% of the County’s registered voters turned out to
vote, respectively. In the General Elections for state and county offices held in
November 1999, 2001, 2003, and 2005, 62.7%, 58.6%, 51.2%, and 54.1% of
the County's registered voters turned out to vote, respectively.
14. The County has not engaged, within the ten years prior to the commencement
of this action, in any violations of the Constitution or laws of the United States
or any State or political subdivision with respect to discrimination in voting on
account of race or color.
15. The County has publicized the intended commencement and proposed
settlement of this action in the media and in appropriate United States post
offices as required under 42 U.S.C. §1973b(a)(4). No aggrieved party has
sought to intervene in this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1973b(a)(4).
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED:
I. The Plaintiff, Middlesex County, Virginia is entitled to a
declaratory judgment in accordance with Section 4(a)(1) of the
Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §1973b(a)(1);
2. The parties’ Joint Motion for Entry of Consent Judgment and
Decree is GRANTED, and Middlesex County, including the
Middlesex County School Board and the Town of Urbanna, shall
be exempt from coverage pursuant to Section 4(b) of the Voting
Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §1973b(b), provided that this Court shall
retain jurisdiction over this matter for a period of ten years. This
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action shall be closed and placed on this Court's inactive docket,
subject to being reactivated upon application by either the Attorney
General or any aggrieved person in accordance with the procedures
set forth in 42 U.S.C. §1973b(a)(5).
3. The parties shall bear their own costs.
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Matha Eea
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE
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Approved as to form and content:
For the Plaintiff MIDDLESEX COUNTY:
/s/ J. Gerald Hebert
J. GERALD HEBERT
Attorney at Law
5019 Waple Lane
Alexandria, Va. 22304
(703) 628-4673 (O)
DC Bar No. 447676
For the Defendants MUKASEY and BECKER:
MICHAEL B. MUKASEY
- Attorney General ‘
GRACE CHUNG BECKER
Acting Assistant Attorney General
JEFFREY A. TAYLOR
United States Attorney
/s! Christy McCormick
JOHN TANNER
GAYE L. TENOSO
CHRISTY McCORMICK
Attorneys, Voting Section
Civil Rights Division
United States Department of Justice
Room 7254 —-NWB
950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20530
(202) 514-2386
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