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- adjective
cleared in advance
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Examples
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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.
Capitol Letter: Congress Finally Gets Behind Real Reform 2007
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Changes in election law in states and jurisdictions with a history of discrimination are required to be "precleared" by the Justice Department.
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While many of law's provisions have been precleared, the four most controversial measures were withdrawn from that process by the Florida Department of State who has opted for a costly federal court review in hopes of boosting its chances of obtaining a green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: In Florida, Implementation of Electoral Reform Law Will Suppress Minority Voting Rights Eric Rodriguez 2011
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While many of law's provisions have been precleared, the four most controversial measures were withdrawn from that process by the Florida Department of State who has opted for a costly federal court review in hopes of boosting its chances of obtaining a green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: In Florida, Implementation of Electoral Reform Law Will Suppress Minority Voting Rights Eric Rodriguez 2011
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While many of law's provisions have been precleared, the four most controversial measures were withdrawn from that process by the Florida Department of State who has opted for a costly federal court review in hopes of boosting its chances of obtaining a green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: In Florida, Implementation of Electoral Reform Law Will Suppress Minority Voting Rights Eric Rodriguez 2011
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While many of law's provisions have been precleared, the four most controversial measures were withdrawn from that process by the Florida Department of State who has opted for a costly federal court review in hopes of boosting its chances of obtaining a green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: In Florida, Implementation of Electoral Reform Law Will Suppress Minority Voting Rights Eric Rodriguez 2011
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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.
U.S. and Canada Back Plan to Accelerate Border Flow Paul Vieira 2011
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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.
How to Get Dennis Nishi 2010
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It's not Axelrod repeatedly saying the same thing over any lengthy period of time, which would suggest that Obama had precleared it.
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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.
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