set forth in subparagraph (A), the Select Com-
mittee shall be deemed to have rejected the pool 
for purposes of such subparagraph. 
(d) DEVELOPMENT OF SECOND REPLACEMENT SE-
LECTION POOL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Select Committee on 
Redistricting rejects the replacement selection pool 
submitted by the nonpartisan agency under sub-
section (c), not later than 14 days after the rejec-
tion, the nonpartisan agency shall develop and sub-
mit to the Select Committee a second replacement 
selection pool, under the same terms and conditions 
that applied to the development and submission of 
the selection pool under paragraphs (1) through (7) 
of subsection (b). The second replacement selection 
pool submitted under this paragraph may include in-
dividuals who were included in the rejected selection 
pool submitted under subsection (b) or the rejected 
replacement selection pool submitted under sub-
section (c), so long as at least one of the individuals 
in the replacement pool was not included in either 
such rejected pool. 
(2) ACTION BY SELECT COMMITTEE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not earlier than 15 
days and not later than 14 days after receiving 
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the second replacement selection pool from the 
nonpartisan agency under paragraph (1), the 
Select Committee on Redistricting shall, by ma-
jority vote— 
(i) approve the pool as submitted by 
the nonpartisan agency, in which case the 
pool shall be considered the approved selec-
tion pool for purposes of section 201(a)(1); 
or 
(ii) reject the pool. 
(B) INACTION
DEEMED
REJECTION.—If 
the Select Committee on Redistricting fails to 
approve or reject the pool within the deadline 
set forth in subparagraph (A), the Select Com-
mittee shall be deemed to have rejected the pool 
for purposes of such subparagraph. 
(C) EFFECT OF REJECTION.—If the Select 
Committee on Redistricting rejects the second 
replacement pool from the nonpartisan agency 
under paragraph (1), the redistricting plan for 
the State shall be developed and enacted in ac-
cordance with title III. 
SEC. 203. PUBLIC NOTICE AND INPUT. 
(a) PUBLIC NOTICE AND INPUT.— 
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(1) USE OF OPEN AND TRANSPARENT PROC-
ESS.—The independent redistricting commission of a 
State shall hold each of its meetings in public, shall 
solicit and take into consideration comments from 
the public, including proposed maps, throughout the 
process of developing the redistricting plan for the 
State, and shall carry out its duties in an open and 
transparent manner which provides for the widest 
public dissemination reasonably possible of its pro-
posed and final redistricting plans. 
(2) WEBSITE.— 
(A) FEATURES.—The commission shall 
maintain a public internet site which is not af-
filiated with or maintained by the office of any 
elected official and which includes the following 
features: 
(i) General information on the com-
mission, its role in the redistricting proc-
ess, and its members, including contact in-
formation. 
(ii) An updated schedule of commis-
sion hearings and activities, including 
deadlines for the submission of comments. 
(iii) All draft redistricting plans devel-
oped by the commission under subsection 
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(b) and the final redistricting plan devel-
oped under subsection (c), including the 
accompanying written evaluation under 
subsection (d). 
(iv) All comments received from the 
public on the commission’s activities, in-
cluding any proposed maps submitted 
under paragraph (1). 
(v) Live streaming of commission 
hearings and an archive of previous meet-
ings, including any documents considered 
at any such meeting, which the commission 
shall post not later than 24 hours after the 
conclusion of the meeting. 
(vi) Access in an easily useable format 
to the demographic and other data used by 
the commission to develop and analyze the 
proposed redistricting plans, together with 
access to any software used to draw maps 
of proposed districts and to any reports 
analyzing and evaluating any such maps. 
(vii) A method by which members of 
the public may submit comments and pro-
posed maps directly to the commission. 
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(viii) All records of the commission, 
including all communications to or from 
members, employees, and contractors re-
garding the work of the commission. 
(ix) A list of all contractors receiving 
payment from the commission, together 
with the annual disclosures submitted by 
the contractors under section 201(c)(3). 
(x) A list of the names of all individ-
uals who submitted applications to serve 
on the commission, together with the appli-
cations submitted by individuals included 
in any selection pool, except that the com-
mission may redact from such applications 
any financial or other personally sensitive 
information. 
(B) SEARCHABLE FORMAT.—The commis-
sion shall ensure that all information posted 
and maintained on the site under this para-
graph, including information and proposed 
maps submitted by the public, shall be main-
tained in an easily searchable format. 
(C) DEADLINE.—The commission shall en-
sure that the public internet site under this 
paragraph is operational (in at least a prelimi-
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nary format) not later than January 1 of the 
year ending in the numeral one. 
(3) PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.—The commis-
sion shall solicit, accept, and consider comments 
from the public with respect to its duties, activities, 
and procedures at any time during the period— 
(A) which begins on January 1 of the year 
ending in the numeral one; and 
(B) which ends 7 days before the date of 
the meeting at which the commission shall vote 
on approving the final redistricting plan for en-
actment into law under subsection (c)(2). 
(4) MEETINGS AND HEARINGS IN VARIOUS GEO-
GRAPHIC LOCATIONS.—To the greatest extent prac-
ticable, the commission shall hold its meetings and 
hearings in various geographic regions and locations 
throughout the State. 
(5) MULTIPLE LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR 
ALL NOTICES.—The commission shall make each no-
tice which is required to be posted and published 
under this section available in any language in which 
the State (or any jurisdiction in the State) is re-
quired to provide election materials under section 
203 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 
10503). 
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