Termination of assignment of observers

52 U.S.C. § 10309
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(a) In generalThe assignment of observers shall terminate in any political subdivision of any State—(1) with respect to observers appointed pursuant to section 10305 of this title or with respect to examiners certified under chapters 103 to 107 of this title before July 27, 2006, whenever the Attorney General notifies the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, or whenever the District Court for the District of Columbia determines in an action for declaratory judgment brought by any political subdivision described in subsection (b), that there is no longer reasonable cause to believe that persons will be deprived of or denied the right to vote on account of race or color, or in contravention of the guarantees set forth in section 10303(f)(2) of this title in such subdivision; and (2) with respect to observers appointed pursuant to section 10302(a) of this title, upon order of the authorizing court. (b) Political subdivision with majority of nonwhite persons registeredA political subdivision referred to in subsection (a)(1) is one with respect to which the Director of the Census has determined that more than 50 per centum of the nonwhite persons of voting age residing therein are registered to vote. (c) Petition for terminationA political subdivision may petition the Attorney General for a termination under subsection (a)(1).

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