Changes in election law in states and jurisdictions with a history of discrimination are required to be "precleared" by the Justice Department. ❋ Unknown (2007)
McCain and Feingold claim they have "precleared" the changes made by the House, and that a conference committee to reconcile the House and Senate bills is unnecessary. ❋ Unknown (2007)
While many of law's provisions have been precleared, the four most controversial measures were withdrawn from that process by the Florida Department of State who has opted for a costly federal court review in hopes of boosting its chances of obtaining a green light to implement. ❋ Eric Rodriguez (2011)
The border deal envisions a beefed-up entry-exit verification system and an integrated cargo-security scheme, in which goods would be inspected at the first point of arrival in North America and precleared for travel across the border. ❋ Paul Vieira (2011)
Just getting cleared for the lowest level makes you more desirable to other companies and the government since employers would prefer to hire precleared workers who don ' t have to go through the lengthy clearance process from scratch. ❋ Dennis Nishi (2010)
It's not Axelrod repeatedly saying the same thing over any lengthy period of time, which would suggest that Obama had precleared it. ❋ Unknown (2009)
If they are not precleared and a case is brought, they would likely argue that they complied with the VRA or, alternatively,the VRA is unconstitutional. ❋ Unknown (2009)
I suppose if he just picked them at random, it would be tough to remember his precleared answer to each question. ❋ Ann Althouse (2009)
The emergency rule is founded on the underlying section 101.591, Florida Statutes, which was precleared by the Department of Justice in January 2008, and became effective July 1, 2008. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Everyone in the race had been precleared the day before, and the Canadian customs and border patrol officials were on the sidelines with their families, cheering on their latest international visitors. ❋ Jr. John L. Parker (2007)
In 2005, ... quot; the administration precleared Georgia's government-issued photo identification law despite numerous comment letters outlining the impact that the law would have on minority voters and over the recommendation of an objection from the majority of the staff who worked on it. ❋ Unknown (2007)
The report authors conclude, "In sum, the Bush administration has abused the authority entrusted in the Justice Department …. and resulted in discriminatory voting changes being precleared." ❋ Unknown (2007)
Another example from the 1980's was in Alabama were the predominantly African-American party, the New Democratic Party, was driven out of existence by harsh ballot access laws precleared by the Justice Department. ❋ Unknown (2007)
In addition, North Carolina has some Section 5 counties under the Voting Rights Act, and all actions as to suspended or new elections would have to be precleared by the U.S. ❋ Unknown (2004)
This year, you had to put in an application, and there will only be 400 people lucky people allowed to go in the bleachers, precleared, had to go for a background check to come cheer on the stars that come in Sunday. ❋ Unknown (2002)
RICHMAN: On that particular one, we would rest really on our brief and emphasize the fact that that statutory provision was precleared by the Department of the Justice. ❋ Unknown (2000)
What we're really trying to do is to avoid having everything tested in court, avoid having long delays while programs get precleared, in effect, by federal and state courts. ❋ ITY National Archives (1994)
