The buildings' very simplicity, supporters say, makes even minor changes potentially damaging to the designs.
Teams in the Anthony hunt are hesitant to make even minor deals, knowing they may need their draft picks, trade exceptions and expiring contracts to send to Denver.
Section 5 of the law requires Texas and other jurisdictions with a history of discrimination to seek federal permission to make even minor changes to voting procedures.
They refuse to make even minor amendments for fear that compromise will be seen as weakness.One proposed law is causing particular concern.
To make even minor improvements, the Garden would require at least one city permit and perhaps several, depending on the scope of the work.
And if it, or some future treatment, becomes widely accepted, it may have precisely the effect critics worry over, making even minor premenstrual irritability seem like an illness.
North Carolina was among the states, mostly in the south, that were subjected to special federal enforcement, with requirements to get approval in advance before they could make even minor changes to voting laws.
The law, reauthorized by Congress in 2006, used old data to decide which state and local governments had to obtain federal permission before making even minor changes to their voting procedures.
At the act's heart is Section 5, which requires state officials to get permission from the Justice Department or a federal court before they make even minor changes to voting procedures.
In 2006, Congress reauthorized Section 5 of the voting rights law, which requires many state and local governments, mostly in the South, to seek federal permission before making even minor changes to voting procedures.
