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 
(c) and the final redistricting plan devel-
oped under subsection (d), including the 
accompanying written evaluation under 
subsection (e). 
(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 
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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. 
(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 311(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-
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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-
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 (d)(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-
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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. 
(c) DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLICATION OF PRELIMI-
NARY REDISTRICTING PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Prior to developing and pub-
lishing a final redistricting plan under subsection 
(d), the independent redistricting commission of a 
State shall develop and publish a preliminary redis-
tricting plan. 
(2) MINIMUM PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OPPOR-
TUNITY FOR COMMENT PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT.— 
(A) 3 HEARINGS REQUIRED.—Prior to de-
veloping a preliminary redistricting plan under 
this subsection, the commission shall hold not 
fewer than 3 public hearings at which members 
of the public may provide input and comments 
regarding the potential contents of redistricting 
plans for the State and the process by which 
the commission will develop the preliminary 
plan under this subsection. 
(B) MINIMUM PERIOD FOR NOTICE PRIOR 
TO HEARINGS.—Not fewer than 14 days prior 
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to the date of each hearing held under this 
paragraph, the commission shall post notices of 
the hearing in on the website maintained under 
subsection (b)(2), and shall provide for the pub-
lication of such notices in newspapers of general 
circulation throughout the State. Each such no-
tice shall specify the date, time, and location of 
the hearing. 
(C) SUBMISSION OF PLANS AND MAPS BY 
MEMBERS
OF
THE
PUBLIC.—Any member of 
the public may submit maps or portions of 
maps for consideration by the commission. As 
provided under subsection (b)(2)(A), any such 
map shall be made publicly available on the 
commission’s website and open to comment. 
(3) PUBLICATION OF PRELIMINARY PLAN.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The commission shall 
post the preliminary redistricting plan devel-
oped under this subsection, together with a re-
port that includes the commission’s responses 
to any public comments received under sub-
section (b)(3), on the website maintained under 
subsection (b)(2), and shall provide for the pub-
lication of each such plan in newspapers of gen-
eral circulation throughout the State. 
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(B) MINIMUM PERIOD FOR NOTICE PRIOR 
TO
PUBLICATION.—Not fewer than 14 days 
prior to the date on which the commission posts 
and publishes the preliminary plan under this 
paragraph, the commission shall notify the pub-
lic through the website maintained under sub-
section (b)(2), as well as through publication of 
notice in newspapers of general circulation 
throughout the State, of the pending publica-
tion of the plan. 
(4) MINIMUM POST-PUBLICATION PERIOD FOR 
PUBLIC
COMMENT.—The commission shall accept 
and consider comments from the public (including 
through the website maintained under subsection 
(b)(2)) with respect to the preliminary redistricting 
plan published under paragraph (3), including pro-
posed revisions to maps, for not fewer than 30 days 
after the date on which the plan is published. 
(5) POST-PUBLICATION HEARINGS.— 
(A) 3 HEARINGS REQUIRED.—After post-
ing and publishing the preliminary redistricting 
plan under paragraph (3), the commission shall 
hold not fewer than 3 public hearings in dif-
ferent geographic areas of the State at which 
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