(H) shall, in all cases, provide the Indian 
Tribe an opportunity to designate election offi-
cials and poll workers to staff polling places 
within the Indian lands of the applicable Indian 
Tribe on every day that the polling places will 
be open; 
(I) shall allow for any eligible voting mem-
ber of the Indian Tribe or any eligible voting 
individual residing on Indian lands to vote early 
or in person at any polling place on Indian 
lands, regardless of that member or individual’s 
residence or residential address, and shall not 
reject the ballot of any such member or indi-
vidual on the grounds that the ballot was cast 
at the wrong polling place; and 
(J) may fulfill the State’s obligations 
under subparagraphs (A) and (C) by relocating 
existing polling places, by creating new polling 
places, or both. 
(b) EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES TO VOTE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—When assessing the opportu-
nities to vote provided to members of an Indian 
Tribe and to other eligible voters in the State resid-
ing on Indian lands in order to determine the num-
ber of additional polling places (if any) that a State 
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or political subdivision must provide in accordance 
with subsection (a)(2)(C), the State, political sub-
division, or any court applying this section, shall 
consider the totality of circumstances of— 
(A) the number of voting-age citizens as-
signed to each polling place; 
(B) the distances that voters must travel 
to reach the polling places; 
(C) the time that voters must spend trav-
eling to reach the polling places, including 
under inclement weather conditions; 
(D) the modes of transportation, if any, 
that are regularly and broadly available to vot-
ers to use to reach the polling places; 
(E) the existence of and access to frequent 
and reliable public transportation to the polling 
places; 
(F) the length of lines and time voters 
waited to cast a ballot in previous elections; and 
(G) any other factor relevant to effec-
tuating the aim of achieving equal voting oppor-
tunity for individuals living on Indian lands. 
(2) ABSENCE
OF
FACTORS.—When assessing 
the opportunities to vote in accordance with para-
graph (1), the State, political subdivision, or court 
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shall ensure that each factor described in paragraph 
(1) is considered regardless of whether any one fac-
tor would lead to a determination not to provide ad-
ditional polling places under subsection (a)(2)(C). 
(c) FORM; PROVISION OF FORM; OBLIGATIONS OF 
THE INDIAN TRIBE.— 
(1) FORM.—The Attorney General shall estab-
lish the form described in this subsection through 
which an Indian Tribe can fulfill its obligations 
under this subsection. 
(2) PROVISION OF FORM.—Each State or polit-
ical subdivision whose territory contains all or part 
of an Indian Tribe’s Indian lands— 
(A) shall provide the form established 
under paragraph (1) to each applicable Indian 
Tribe not less than 30 days prior to the dead-
line set by the State or political subdivision for 
completion of the obligations under this sub-
section (which deadline shall be not less than 
30 days prior to a Federal election) whereby an 
Indian Tribe can fulfill its obligations under 
this subsection by providing the information de-
scribed in paragraph (3) on that form and sub-
mitting the form back to the applicable State or 
political subdivision by such deadline; 
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(B) shall not edit the form established 
under paragraph (1) or apply any additional ob-
ligations on the Indian Tribe with respect to 
this section; and 
(C) shall cooperate in good faith with the 
efforts of the Indian Tribe to satisfy the re-
quirements of this subsection. 
(3) OBLIGATIONS OF THE INDIAN TRIBE.—The 
requirements for a State and political subdivision 
under subsection (a)(2) shall apply with respect to 
an Indian Tribe once an Indian Tribe meets the fol-
lowing obligations by completing the form specified 
in paragraph (1): 
(A) The Indian Tribe specifies the number 
and locations of requested polling places, early 
voting locations, and ballot drop boxes to be 
provided on the Indian lands of that Indian 
Tribe. 
(B) The Indian Tribe certifies that 
curbside voting will be available for any facili-
ties that lack accessible entrances and exits in 
accordance with Federal and State law. 
(C) The Indian Tribe certifies that the In-
dian Tribe will ensure that each such requested 
polling place will be open and available to all el-
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igible voters who reside in the precinct or other 
geographic area assigned to such polling place, 
regardless of whether such eligible voters are 
members of the Indian Tribe or of any other 
Indian Tribe. 
(D) The Indian Tribe requests that the 
State or political subdivision shall designate 
election officials and poll workers to staff such 
requested polling places, or certifies that the In-
dian Tribe will designate election officials and 
poll workers to staff such polling places on 
every day that the polling places will be open. 
(E) The Indian Tribe may request that the 
State or political subdivision provide absentee 
ballots without requiring an excuse, an absentee 
ballot request, or residential address to all eligi-
ble voters who reside in the precinct or other 
geographic area assigned to such polling place, 
regardless of whether such eligible voters are 
members of the Indian Tribe or of any other 
Indian Tribe. 
(4) ESTABLISHED POLLING PLACES.—Once a 
polling 
place 
is 
established 
under 
subsection 
(a)(2)(A) or subsection (a)(2)(C) the Tribe need not 
fill out the form designated under paragraph (1) 
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again unless or until that Indian Tribe requests 
modifications to the requests specified in the most 
recent form under paragraph (1). 
(5) OPT OUT.—At any time that is 60 days or 
more before the date of an election, an Indian Tribe 
that previously has satisfied the obligations of para-
graph (3) may notify the State or political subdivi-
sion that the Indian Tribe intends to opt out of the 
standing obligation for one or more polling places 
that were established in accordance with subsection 
(a)(2)(A) or subsection (a)(2)(C) for a particular 
election or for all future elections. A Tribe may opt 
back in at any time. 
(d) FEDERAL POLLING SITES.—Each State shall 
designate as voter polling facilities any of the facilities 
identified in accordance with subparagraph (C) or (D) of 
section 7(a)(2) of the National Voter Registration Act of 
1993 (52 U.S.C. 20506(a)(2)), at no cost to the Indian 
Tribe, provided that the facility meets the requirements 
of Federal and State law as applied to other polling places 
within the State or political subdivision. The applicable 
agency of the Federal Government shall ensure that such 
designated facilities are made available as polling places. 
(e) MAIL-IN BALLOTING.—In States or political sub-
divisions that permit absentee or mail-in balloting, the fol-
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lowing shall apply with respect to an election for Federal 
office: 
(1) For each ballot cast by a member of an In-
dian Tribe living on Indian lands, all postage shall 
be prepaid by the Federal Government and each bal-
lot postmarked the day the ballot is received at a 
postal facility located on Indian lands. 
(2) An Indian Tribe may designate at least one 
building per precinct as a ballot pickup and collec-
tion location (referred to in this section as a ‘‘trib-
ally designated buildings’’) at no cost to the Indian 
Tribe. The applicable State or political subdivision 
shall collect and timely deposit all ballots from each 
tribally designated building. 
(3) At the applicable Tribe’s request, the State 
or political subdivision shall provide mail-in and ab-
sentee ballots to each registered voter residing on 
Indian lands in the State or political subdivision 
without requiring a residential address, a mail-in or 
absentee ballot request, or an excuse for a mail-in or 
absentee ballot. 
(4) The address of a tribally designated build-
ing may serve as the residential address and mailing 
address for voters living on Indian lands if the trib-
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ally designated building is in the same precinct as 
that voter. 
(5) If there is no tribally designated building 
within the precinct of a voter residing on Indian 
lands (including if the tribally designated building is 
on Indian lands but not in the same precinct as the 
voter), the voter may— 
(A) use another tribally designated build-
ing within the Indian lands where the voter is 
located; or 
(B) use such tribally designated building 
as a mailing address and may separately des-
ignate the voter’s appropriate precinct through 
a description of the voter’s address, as specified 
in section 9428.4(a)(2) of title 11, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations. 
(6) In the case of a State or political subdivi-
sion that is a covered State or political subdivision 
under section 203 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 
(52 U.S.C. 10503), that State or political subdivi-
sion shall provide absentee or mail-in voting mate-
rials with respect to an election for Federal office in 
the language of the applicable minority group as well 
as in the English language, bilingual election voting 
assistance, and written translations of all voting ma-
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terials in the language of the applicable minority 
group, as required by section 203 of the Voting 
Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10503), as amended 
by this Act. 
(7) A State or political division shall make rea-
sonable efforts to contact a voter who resides within 
Indian lands located within its jurisdiction and offer 
such voter a reasonable opportunity to cure any de-
fect in an absentee ballot issued to and completed 
and returned by the voter, or appearing on or per-
taining to the materials provided for the purpose of 
returning the absentee ballot, if State law would oth-
erwise require the absentee ballot to be rejected due 
to such defect and the defect does not compromise 
ballot secrecy or involve a lack of witness or assist-
ant signature, where such signature is mandated by 
State law. 
(8) In a State or political subdivision that does 
not permit absentee or mail-in balloting for all eligi-
ble voters in the State or political subdivision, that 
State or political subdivision shall nonetheless pro-
vide for absentee or mail-in balloting for voters who 
reside on Indian lands consistent with this section if 
the State, political subdivision, or any court applying 
this section determines that the totality of cir-
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cumstances described in subsection (b) warrants es-
tablishment of absentee or mail-in balloting for vot-
ers who reside on Indian lands located within the ju-
risdiction of the State or political subdivision. 
(f) BALLOT DROP BOXES.—Each State shall— 
(1) provide not less than one ballot drop box for 
each precinct on Indian lands, at no cost to the In-
dian Tribe, at either the tribally designated building 
under subsection (e)(2) or an alternative site se-
lected by the applicable Indian Tribe; and 
(2) provide additional drop boxes at either the 
tribally designated building under subsection (e)(2) 
or an alternative site selected by the applicable In-
dian Tribe if the State or political subdivision deter-
mines that additional ballot drop boxes should be 
provided based on the criteria considered under the 
totality of circumstances enumerated under sub-
section (b). 
(g) EARLY VOTING.— 
(1) EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS.—In a State or 
political subdivision that permits early voting in an 
election for Federal office, that State or political 
subdivision shall provide not less than one early vot-
ing location for each precinct on Indian lands, at no 
cost to the Indian Tribe, at a site selected by the ap-
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plicable Indian Tribe, to allow individuals living on 
Indian lands to vote during an early voting period in 
the same manner as early voting is allowed on such 
date in the rest of the State or precinct. Additional 
early voting sites shall be determined based on the 
criteria considered under the totality of circum-
stances described in subsection (b). 
(2) LENGTH OF PERIOD.—In a State or polit-
ical subdivision that permits early voting in an elec-
tion for Federal office, that State or political sub-
division shall provide an early voting period with re-
spect to that election that shall consist of a period 
of consecutive days (including weekends) which be-
gins on the 15th day before the date of the election 
(or, at the option of the State or political subdivi-
sion, on a day prior to the 15th day before the date 
of the election) and ends on the date of the election 
for all locations on Indian Lands. 
(3) 
MINIMUM
EARLY
VOTING
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Each polling place that allows voting dur-
ing an early voting period under this subsection 
shall— 
(A) allow such voting for no less than 10 
hours on each day; 
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(B) have uniform hours each day for which 
such voting occurs; and 
(C) allow such voting to be held for some 
period of time prior to 9:00 a.m. (local time) 
and some period of time after 5:00 p.m. (local 
time). 
(4) BALLOT PROCESSING AND SCANNING RE-
QUIREMENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—To the greatest extent 
practicable, ballots cast during the early voting 
period in an election for federal office at voting 
locations and drop boxes on Indian lands shall 
be processed and scanned for tabulation in ad-
vance of the close of polls on election day. 
(B) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this sub-
section shall be construed to permit a State or 
political subdivision to tabulate and count bal-
lots in an election for Federal office before the 
closing of the polls on the date of the election. 
(h) PROVISIONAL BALLOTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the require-
ments under section 302(a) of the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21082(a)), for each 
State or political subdivision that provides voters 
provisional ballots, challenge ballots, or affidavit bal-
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lots under the State’s applicable law governing the 
voting processes for those voters whose eligibility to 
vote is determined to be uncertain by election offi-
cials, election officials shall— 
(A) provide clear written instructions indi-
cating the reason the voter was given a provi-
sional ballot, the information or documents the 
voter needs to prove eligibility, the location at 
which the voter must appear to submit these 
materials or alternative methods, including 
email or facsimile, that the voter may use to 
submit these materials, and the deadline for 
submitting these materials; 
(B) permit any voter who votes provision-
ally at any polling place on Indian lands to ap-
pear at any polling place or at the central loca-
tion for the election board to submit the docu-
mentation or information to prove eligibility; 
(C) permit any voter who votes provision-
ally at any polling place to submit the required 
information or documentation via email or fac-
simile, if the voter prefers to use such methods 
as an alternative to appearing in person to sub-
mit the required information or documentation 
to prove eligibility; 
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(D) notify the voter on whether the voter’s 
provisional ballot was counted or rejected by 
telephone, email, or postal mail, or any other 
available method, including notifying the voter 
of any online tracking website if State law pro-
vides for such a mechanism; and 
(E) provide the reason for rejection if the 
voter’s provisional ballot was rejected after the 
voter provided the required information or doc-
umentation on eligibility. 
(2) DUTIES OF ELECTION OFFICIALS.—A State 
or political subdivision described in paragraph (1) 
shall ensure in each case in which a provisional bal-
lot is cast, that election officials— 
(A) request and collect the voter’s email 
address, if the voter has one, and transmit any 
written instructions issued to the voter in per-
son to the voter via email; and 
(B) provide a verbal translation of any 
written instructions to the voter. 
(i) ENFORCEMENT.— 
(1) ATTORNEY GENERAL.—The Attorney Gen-
eral may bring a civil action in an appropriate dis-
trict court for such declaratory or injunctive relief as 
is necessary to carry out this section. 
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(2) PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.— 
(A) A person or Indian Tribe who is ag-
grieved by a violation of this section may pro-
vide written notice of the violation to the chief 
election official of the State involved. 
(B) An aggrieved person or Indian Tribe 
may bring a civil action in an appropriate dis-
trict court for declaratory or injunctive relief 
with respect to a violation of this section, if— 
(i) that person or Indian Tribe pro-
vides the notice described in subparagraph 
(A); and 
(ii)(I) in the case of a violation that 
occurs more than 120 days before the date 
of an election for Federal office, the viola-
tion remains and 90 days or more have 
passed since the date on which the chief 
election official of the State receives the 
notice under subparagraph (A); or 
(II) in the case of a violation that 
occurs 120 days or less but more than 
30 days before the date of an election 
for Federal office, the violation re-
mains and 20 days or more have 
passed since the date on which the 
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chief election official of the State re-
ceives the notice under subparagraph 
(A). 
(C) In the case of a violation of this sec-
tion that occurs 30 days or less before the date 
of an election for Federal office, an aggrieved 
person or Indian Tribe may bring a civil action 
in an appropriate district court for declaratory 
or injunctive relief with respect to the violation 
without providing notice to the chief election of-
ficial of the State under subparagraph (A). 
(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to prevent a State or po-
litical subdivision from providing additional polling 
places or early voting locations on Indian lands. 
SEC. 7. PROCEDURES FOR REMOVAL OF POLLING PLACES 
AND VOTER REGISTRATION SITES ON INDIAN 
LANDS. 
(a) ACTIONS REQUIRING TRIBAL ADMINISTRATIVE 
REVIEW.—No State or political subdivision may carry out 
any of the following activities in an election for Federal 
office unless the requirements of subsection (b) have been 
met: 
(1) Eliminating polling places or voter registra-
tion sites on the Indian lands of an Indian Tribe. 
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(2) Moving or consolidating a polling place or 
voter registration site on the Indian lands of an In-
dian Tribe to a location 1 mile or further from the 
existing location of the polling place or voter reg-
istration site. 
(3) Moving or consolidating a polling place on 
the Indian lands of an Indian Tribe to a location 
across a river, lake, mountain, or other natural 
boundary such that it increases travel time for a 
voter, regardless of distance. 
(4) Eliminating in-person voting on the Indian 
lands of an Indian Tribe by designating an Indian 
reservation as a permanent absentee voting location, 
unless the Indian Tribe requests such a designation 
and has not later requested that the designation as 
a permanent absentee voting location be reversed. 
(5) Removing an early voting location or other-
wise diminishing early voting opportunities on In-
dian lands. 
(6) Removing a ballot drop box or otherwise di-
minishing ballot drop boxes on Indian lands. 
(7) Decreasing the number of days or hours 
that an in-person or early voting polling place is 
open on Indian lands only or changing the dates of 
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in-person or early voting only on the Indian lands of 
an Indian Tribe. 
(b) TRIBAL ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The requirements of this 
subsection have been met if— 
(A) the impacted Indian Tribe submits to 
the Attorney General the Indian Tribe’s written 
consent to the proposed activity described in 
subsection (a); 
(B) the State or political subdivision, after 
consultation with the impacted Indian Tribe 
and after attempting to have the impacted In-
dian Tribe give consent as described in sub-
paragraph (A), institutes an action in the 
United States District Court for the District of 
Columbia for a declaratory judgment, and a de-
claratory judgment is issued based upon affirm-
ative evidence provided by the State or political 
subdivision, that conclusively establishes that 
the specified activity described in subsection (a) 
proposed by the State or political subdivision 
neither has the purpose nor will have the effect 
of denying or abridging the right to vote on ac-
count of race or color, membership in an Indian 
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Tribe, or membership in a language minority 
group; or 
(C) the chief legal officer or other appro-
priate official of such State or political subdivi-
sion, after consultation with the impacted In-
dian Tribe and after attempting to have the im-
pacted Indian Tribe give consent as described 
in subparagraph (A), submits a request to carry 
out the specified activity described in subsection 
(a) to the Attorney General and the Attorney 
General affirmatively approves the specified ac-
tivity. 
(2) NO LIMITATION ON FUTURE ACTIONS.— 
(A) NO BAR TO SUBSEQUENT ACTION.— 
Neither an affirmative indication by the Attor-
ney General that no objection will be made, nor 
the Attorney General’s failure to object, nor a 
declaratory judgment entered under this sec-
tion, nor a written consent issued under para-
graph (1)(A) shall bar a subsequent action to 
enjoin enforcement of an activity described in 
subsection (a). 
(B) REEXAMINATION.—The Attorney Gen-
eral reserves the right to reexamine any submis-
sion under paragraph (1)(C) if additional rel-
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evant information comes to the Attorney Gen-
eral’s attention. 
(C) DISTRICT COURT.—Any action under 
this section shall be heard and determined by a 
district court of 3 judges in accordance with the 
provisions of section 2284 of title 28, United 
States Code, and any appeal shall lie to the Su-
preme Court. 
SEC. 8. TRIBAL VOTER IDENTIFICATION. 
(a) TRIBAL IDENTIFICATION.—If a State or political 
subdivision requires an individual to present identification 
for the purposes of voting or registering to vote in an elec-
tion for Federal office, an identification card issued by a 
federally recognized Indian Tribe, the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, the Indian Health Service, or any other Tribal or 
Federal agency issuing identification cards to eligible In-
dian voters shall be treated as a valid form of identifica-
tion for such purposes. 
(b) ONLINE REGISTRATION.—If a State or political 
subdivision requires an identification card for an indi-
vidual to register to vote online or to vote online, that 
State or political subdivision shall annually consult with 
an Indian Tribe to determine whether a tribal identifica-
tion can feasibly be used to register to vote online or vote 
online. 
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(c) LIMITATION ON REQUIRING MULTIPLE FORMS 
OF IDENTIFICATION.—If a State or political subdivision 
requires an individual to present more than one form of 
identification for the purposes of voting or registering to 
vote in an election for Federal office, or for registering 
to vote online or to vote online, that State or political sub-
division shall not require any member of an Indian Tribe 
to provide more than one form of identification if the 
member provides orally or in writing that the member does 
not possess more than one form of identification. 
SEC. 9. PERMITTING VOTERS TO DESIGNATE OTHER PER-
SON TO RETURN BALLOT. 
Each State or political subdivision— 
(1) shall permit family members (including ex-
tended family such as cousins, grandchildren, and 
relations through marriage), caregivers, tribal assist-
ance providers, or household members to return a 
sealed ballot of a voter that resides on Indian lands 
to a post office on Tribal lands, a ballot drop box 
location in a State or political subdivision that pro-
vides ballot drop boxes, a tribally designated build-
ing under section 6(e)(2), or an election office, so 
long as the person designated to return the ballot or 
ballots on behalf of another voter does not receive 
any form of compensation based on the number of 
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ballots that the person has returned and no indi-
vidual, group, or organization provides compensation 
on this basis; 
(2) may not put any limit on how many voted 
and sealed absentee ballots any designated person 
can return to the post office, ballot drop box loca-
tion, tribally designated building, or election office 
under paragraph (1); and 
(3) shall permit, at a minimum, any family 
member (including extended family such as cousins, 
grandchildren, and relations through marriage), 
caregiver, tribal assistance provider, or household 
member, including the voter, to return voter reg-
istration applications, absentee ballot applications, 
or absentee ballots to ballot drop box locations in a 
State or political subdivision that provides ballot 
drop boxes for these purposes. 
SEC. 10. BILINGUAL ELECTION REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 
U.S.C. 10503) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(3)(C), by striking ‘‘1990’’ 
and inserting ‘‘most recent’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following: 
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‘‘(c) PROVISION OF VOTING MATERIALS IN THE LAN-
GUAGE OF A MINORITY GROUP.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Whenever any State or po-
litical subdivision subject to the prohibition of sub-
section (b), provides any registration or voting no-
tices, forms, instructions, assistance, or other mate-
rials or information relating to the electoral process, 
including ballots, it shall provide them in the lan-
guage of the applicable minority group as well as in 
the English language. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) In the case of a minority group that 
is not American Indian or Alaska Native and 
the language of that minority group is oral or 
unwritten, the State or political subdivision 
shall only be required to furnish, in the covered 
language, oral instructions, assistance, trans-
lation of voting materials, or other information 
relating to registration and voting. 
‘‘(B) In the case of a minority group that 
is American Indian or Alaska Native, the State 
or political subdivision shall only be required to 
furnish in the covered language oral instruc-
tions, assistance, or other information relating 
to registration and voting, including all voting 
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materials, if the Indian Tribe of that minority 
group has certified that the language of the ap-
plicable American Indian or Alaska Native lan-
guage is presently unwritten or the Indian 
Tribe does not want written translations in the 
minority language. 
‘‘(3) WRITTEN TRANSLATIONS FOR ELECTION 
WORKERS.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the 
State or political division may be required to provide 
written translations of voting materials, with the 
consent of any applicable Indian Tribe, to election 
workers to ensure that the translations from English 
to the language of a minority group are complete, 
accurate, and uniform.’’. 
SEC. 11. FEDERAL OBSERVERS TO PROTECT TRIBAL VOT-
ING RIGHTS. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 
1965.—Section 8(a) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 
U.S.C. 10305(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the 
semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(B), by adding ‘‘or’’ after 
the semicolon; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(3) the Attorney General has received a writ-
ten complaint from an Indian Tribe that efforts to 
deny or abridge the right to vote under the color of 
law on account of race or color, membership in an 
Indian Tribe, or in contravention of the guarantees 
set forth in section 4(f)(2), are likely to occur;’’. 
(b) PUBLICLY AVAILABLE REPORTS.—The Attorney 
General shall make publicly available the reports of a Fed-
eral election observer appointed pursuant to section 
(8)(a)(3) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 
10305(a)(3)), as added by subsection (a), not later than 
6 months after the date that such reports are submitted 
to the Attorney General, except that any personally identi-
fiable information relating to a voter or the substance of 
the voter’s ballot shall not be made public. 
SEC. 12. TRIBAL JURISDICTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Tribal law enforcement have the 
right to exercise their inherent authority to detain and or 
remove any non-Indian, not affiliated with the State, its 
political subdivision, or the Federal Government, from In-
dian lands for intimidating, harassing, or otherwise imped-
ing the ability of people to vote or of the State and its 
political subdivisions to conduct an election. 
(b) CIVIL ACTION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR RE-
LIEF.—Whenever any person has engaged or there are 
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