...Any action under this section shall be heard and determined by a court of 491 Opinion of the Court or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure with respect to voting" without first (i) obtaining a declaratory judgment from the District Court for the District of Columbia...

...Mississippi or any of its political subdivisions have acted in such a way as to cause or constitute a voting qualification or prerequisite to voting or...standard, practice or procedure with respect to voting within the meaning of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which changed the situation that...

...the Act's thrust is directed to the protection of voting rights. Section 2 forbids the States to use any "voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure" (emphasis added) to deny anyone the right to vote on account of race. Similarly, § 4 sharply curtails...

...prohibits the enforcement in any jurisdiction covered by section 4(b) of the Act, 42 USC 1973b(b), of any voting qualification or prerequisite to voting,...to voting different from that in force or effect on the date used to determine coverage, until either: (1) A declaratory judgment is obtained from the...

...prohibits the enforcement in any jurisdiction covered by section 4(b) of the Act, 42 USC 1973b(b), of any voting qualification or prerequisite to voting,...to voting different from that in force or effect on the date used to determine coverage, until either: (1) A declaratory judgment is obtained from the...

...prohibits the enforcement in any jurisdiction covered by section 4(b) of the Act, 42 USC 1973b(b), of any voting qualification or prerequisite to voting,...to voting different from that in force or effect on the date used to determine coverage, until either: (1) A declaratory judgment Is obtained from the...

...received in an election." Section 14(c)(1). (d) "Change affecting voting" means any voting qualification, prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or...to voting different from that in force or effect on the date used to determine coverage under Section 4(b) and includes, inter alia, the examples given...

...received in an election." Section 14(c)(l). (d) "Change affecting voting" means any voting qualification, prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or...to voting different from that in force or effect on the date used to determine coverage under Section 4(b) and includes, inter alia, the examples given...

...States or the delegate of the Attorney General. Change affecting voting means any voting qualification, prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or...to voting different from that in force or effect on the date used to determine coverage under section 4(b) and includes, inter alia, the examples given...

...voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or 28 CFR Ch. I (7-1-93 Edition) procedure with respect to voting different from that in force or effect on the date used to determine coverage, until either: (1) A declaratory judgment is obtained from the...