<x-flowed>I have a doctoral student working on a project analyzing the effect of local election structures (number of seats, at-large vs. district elections, etc.) on local decisionmaking (expenditures, employment).  We would like to identify those electoral changes that resulted from (or were stopped by) DOJ action under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act as well as changes that may have been brought about by private litigation.

Does anyone know if there is a database that tracks Voting Rights Act decisions and/or DOJ pre-clearance decisions in a systematic way?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Tim

Tim R. Sass
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