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istration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 
611 et seq.). 
(3) IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER DEFINED.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘‘immediate family mem-
ber’’ means, with respect to an individual, a father, 
stepfather, mother, stepmother, son, stepson, daugh-
ter, stepdaughter, brother, stepbrother, sister, step-
sister, husband, wife, father-in-law, or mother-in- 
law. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT AND SUBMISSION OF SELECTION 
POOL.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than July 15, 
2021, the nonpartisan agency established or des-
ignated by a State under section 2454(a) shall de-
velop and submit to the Select Committee on Redis-
tricting for the State established under section 
2454(b) a selection pool of 36 individuals who are 
eligible to serve as members of the independent re-
districting commission of the State under this part, 
consisting of individuals in the following categories: 
(A) A majority category, consisting of 12 
individuals who are affiliated with the political 
party whose candidate received the most votes 
in the most recent Statewide election for Fed-
eral office held in the State. 
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(B) A minority category, consisting of 12 
individuals who are affiliated with the political 
party whose candidate received the second most 
votes in the most recent Statewide election for 
Federal office held in the State. 
(C) An independent category, consisting of 
12 individuals who are not affiliated with either 
of the political parties described in subpara-
graph (A) or subparagraph (B). 
(2) FACTORS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN DEVEL-
OPING POOL.—In selecting individuals for the selec-
tion pool under this subsection, the nonpartisan 
agency shall— 
(A) ensure that the pool is representative 
of the demographic groups (including racial, 
ethnic, economic, and gender) and geographic 
regions of the State, and includes applicants 
who would allow racial, ethnic, and language 
minorities protected under the Voting Rights 
Act of 1965 a meaningful opportunity to par-
ticipate in the development of the State’s redis-
tricting plan; and 
(B) take into consideration the analytical 
skills of the individuals selected in relevant 
fields (including mapping, data management, 
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law, community outreach, demography, and the 
geography of the State) and their ability to 
work on an impartial basis. 
(3) DETERMINATION OF POLITICAL PARTY AF-
FILIATION OF INDIVIDUALS IN SELECTION POOL.— 
For purposes of this section, an individual shall be 
considered to be affiliated with a political party only 
if the nonpartisan agency is able to verify (to the 
greatest extent possible) the information the indi-
vidual provides in the application submitted under 
subsection (a)(1)(C), including by considering addi-
tional information provided by other persons with 
knowledge of the individual’s history of political ac-
tivity. 
(4) ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO APPLY FOR 
INCLUSION IN POOL.—The nonpartisan agency shall 
take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that 
residents of the State across various geographic re-
gions and demographic groups are aware of the op-
portunity to serve on the independent redistricting 
commission, including publicizing the role of the 
panel and using newspapers, broadcast media, and 
online sources, including ethnic media, to encourage 
individuals to apply for inclusion in the selection 
pool developed under this subsection. 
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(5) REPORT
ON
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
SELEC-
TION POOL.—At the time the nonpartisan agency 
submits the selection pool to the Select Committee 
on Redistricting under paragraph (1), it shall pub-
lish a report describing the process by which the 
pool was developed, and shall include in the report 
a description of how the individuals in the pool meet 
the eligibility criteria of subsection (a) and of how 
the pool reflects the factors the agency is required 
to take into consideration under paragraph (2). 
(6) PUBLIC COMMENT ON SELECTION POOL.— 
During the 14-day period which begins on the date 
the nonpartisan agency publishes the report under 
paragraph (5), the agency shall accept comments 
from the public on the individuals included in the se-
lection pool. The agency shall transmit all such com-
ments to the Select Committee on Redistricting im-
mediately upon the expiration of such period. 
(7) ACTION BY SELECT COMMITTEE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than August 
1, 2021, the Select Committee on Redistricting 
shall— 
(i) approve the pool as submitted by 
the nonpartisan agency, in which case the 
pool shall be considered the approved selec-
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tion 
pool 
for 
purposes 
of 
section 
2451(a)(1); or 
(ii) reject the pool, in which case the 
redistricting plan for the State shall be de-
veloped and enacted in accordance with 
part 3. 
(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. 
SEC. 2453. CRITERIA FOR REDISTRICTING PLAN; PUBLIC 
NOTICE AND INPUT. 
(a) PUBLIC NOTICE AND INPUT.— 
(1) USE OF OPEN AND TRANSPARENT PROC-
ESS.—The independent redistricting commission of a 
State under this part 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 redis-
tricting plan for the State, and shall carry out its 
duties in an open and transparent manner which 
provides for the widest public dissemination reason-
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ably possible of its proposed and final redistricting 
plans. 
(2) 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 until 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). 
(3) 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. 
(4) MULTIPLE LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR 
ALL NOTICES.—The commission shall make each no-
tice which is required to be published under this sec-
tion available in any language in which the State (or 
any jurisdiction in the State) is required to provide 
election materials under section 203 of the Voting 
Rights Act of 1965. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLICATION OF PRELIMI-
NARY REDISTRICTING PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Prior to developing and pub-
lishing a final redistricting plan under subsection 
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(c), the independent redistricting commission of a 
State under this part shall develop and publish a 
preliminary redistricting plan. 
(2) MINIMUM PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OPPOR-
TUNITY FOR COMMENT PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT.— 
(A) 2 HEARINGS REQUIRED.—Prior to de-
veloping a preliminary redistricting plan under 
this subsection, the commission shall hold not 
fewer than 2 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) NOTICE
PRIOR
TO
HEARINGS.—The 
commission shall provide for the publication of 
notices of each hearing held under this para-
graph, including in newspapers of general cir-
culation throughout the State. Each such notice 
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. 
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(3) PUBLICATION OF PRELIMINARY PLAN.—The 
commission shall provide for the publication of the 
preliminary redistricting plan developed under this 
subsection, including in newspapers of general cir-
culation throughout the State, and shall make pub-
licly available a report that includes the commis-
sion’s responses to any public comments received 
under this subsection. 
(4) PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER PUBLICATION.— 
The commission shall accept and consider comments 
from the public with respect to the preliminary re-
districting plan published under paragraph (3), in-
cluding proposed revisions to maps, until 14 days 
before the date of the meeting under subsection 
(c)(2) at which the members of the commission shall 
vote on approving the final redistricting plan for en-
actment into law. 
(5) POST-PUBLICATION HEARINGS.— 
(A) 2 HEARINGS REQUIRED.—After pub-
lishing the preliminary redistricting plan under 
paragraph (3), and not later than 14 days be-
fore the date of the meeting under subsection 
(c)(2) at which the members of the commission 
shall vote on approving the final redistricting 
plan for enactment into law, the commission 
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shall hold not fewer than 2 public hearings in 
different geographic areas of the State at which 
members of the public may provide input and 
comments regarding the preliminary plan. 
(B) NOTICE
PRIOR
TO
HEARINGS.—The 
commission shall provide for the publication of 
notices of each hearing held under this para-
graph, including in newspapers of general cir-
culation throughout the State. Each such notice 
shall specify the date, time, and location of the 
hearing. 
(6) 
PERMITTING
MULTIPLE
PRELIMINARY 
PLANS.—At the option of the commission, after de-
veloping and publishing the preliminary redistricting 
plan under this subsection, the commission may de-
velop and publish subsequent preliminary redis-
tricting plans, so long as the process for the develop-
ment and publication of each such subsequent plan 
meets the requirements set forth in this subsection 
for the development and publication of the first pre-
liminary redistricting plan. 
(c) PROCESS FOR ENACTMENT OF FINAL REDIS-
TRICTING PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—After taking into consider-
ation comments from the public on any preliminary 
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redistricting plan developed and published under 
subsection (b), the independent redistricting commis-
sion of a State under this part shall develop and 
publish a final redistricting plan for the State. 
(2) MEETING; FINAL VOTE.—Not later than the 
deadline specified in subsection (e), the commission 
shall hold a public hearing at which the members of 
the commission shall vote on approving the final 
plan for enactment into law. 
(3) PUBLICATION OF PLAN AND ACCOMPANYING 
MATERIALS.—Not fewer than 14 days before the 
date of the meeting under paragraph (2), the com-
mission shall make the following information to the 
public, including through newspapers of general cir-
culation throughout the State: 
(A) The final redistricting plan, including 
all relevant maps. 
(B) A report by the commission to accom-
pany the plan which provides the background 
for the plan and the commission’s reasons for 
selecting the plan as the final redistricting plan, 
including responses to the public comments re-
ceived on any preliminary redistricting plan de-
veloped and published under subsection (b). 
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(C) Any dissenting or additional views with 
respect to the plan of individual members of the 
commission. 
(4) ENACTMENT.—The final redistricting plan 
developed and published under this subsection shall 
be deemed to be enacted into law upon the expira-
tion of the 45-day period which begins on the date 
on which— 
(A) such final plan is approved by a major-
ity of the whole membership of the commission; 
and 
(B) at least one member of the commission 
appointed from each of the categories of the ap-
proved selection pool described in section 
2452(b)(1) approves such final plan. 
(d) WRITTEN EVALUATION OF PLAN AGAINST EX-
TERNAL METRICS.—The independent redistricting com-
mission of a State under this part shall include with each 
redistricting plan developed and published under this sec-
tion a written evaluation that measures each such plan 
against external metrics which cover the criteria set forth 
section 2403(a), including the impact of the plan on the 
ability of communities of color to elect candidates of 
choice, measures of partisan fairness using multiple ac-
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cepted methodologies, and the degree to which the plan 
preserves or divides communities of interest. 
(e) DEADLINE.—The independent redistricting com-
mission of a State under this part shall approve a final 
redistricting plan for the State not later than November 
15, 2021. 
SEC. 2454. ESTABLISHMENT OF RELATED ENTITIES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OR DESIGNATION
OF NON-
PARTISAN AGENCY OF STATE LEGISLATURE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall establish a 
nonpartisan agency in the legislative branch of the 
State government to appoint the members of the 
independent redistricting commission for the State 
under this part in accordance with section 2451. 
(2) NONPARTISANSHIP DESCRIBED.—For pur-
poses of this subsection, an agency shall be consid-
ered to be nonpartisan if under law the agency— 
(A) is required to provide services on a 
nonpartisan basis; 
(B) is required to maintain impartiality; 
and 
(C) is prohibited from advocating for the 
adoption or rejection of any legislative proposal. 
(3) DESIGNATION
OF
EXISTING
AGENCY.—At 
its option, a State may designate an existing agency 
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in the legislative branch of its government to appoint 
the members of the independent redistricting com-
mission plan for the State under this subtitle, so 
long as the agency meets the requirements for non-
partisanship under this subsection. 
(4) TERMINATION
OF
AGENCY
SPECIFICALLY 
ESTABLISHED FOR REDISTRICTING.—If a State does 
not designate an existing agency under paragraph 
(3) but instead establishes a new agency to serve as 
the nonpartisan agency under this section, the new 
agency shall terminate upon the enactment into law 
of the redistricting plan for the State. 
(5) PRESERVATION
OF
RECORDS.—The State 
shall ensure that the records of the nonpartisan 
agency are retained in the appropriate State archive 
in such manner as may be necessary to enable the 
State to respond to any civil action brought with re-
spect to congressional redistricting in the State. 
(6) DEADLINE.—The State shall meet the re-
quirements of this subsection not later than June 1, 
2021. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF SELECT COMMITTEE ON RE-
DISTRICTING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall appoint a 
Select Committee on Redistricting to approve or dis-
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approve a selection pool developed by the inde-
pendent redistricting commission for the State under 
this part under section 2452. 
(2) APPOINTMENT.—The Select Committee on 
Redistricting for a State under this subsection shall 
consist of the following members: 
(A) One member of the upper house of the 
State legislature, who shall be appointed by the 
leader of the party with the greatest number of 
seats in the upper house. 
(B) One member of the upper house of the 
State legislature, who shall be appointed by the 
leader of the party with the second greatest 
number of seats in the upper house. 
(C) One member of the lower house of the 
State legislature, who shall be appointed by the 
leader of the party with the greatest number of 
seats in the lower house. 
(D) One member of the lower house of the 
State legislature, who shall be appointed by the 
leader of the party with the second greatest 
number of seats in the lower house. 
(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR STATES WITH UNICAM-
ERAL LEGISLATURE.—In the case of a State with a 
unicameral legislature, the Select Committee on Re-
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districting for the State under this subsection shall 
consist of the following members: 
(A) Two members of the State legislature 
appointed by the chair of the political party of 
the State whose candidate received the highest 
percentage of votes in the most recent State-
wide election for Federal office held in the 
State. 
(B) Two members of the State legislature 
appointed by the chair of the political party 
whose candidate received the second highest 
percentage of votes in the most recent State-
wide election for Federal office held in the 
State. 
(4) DEADLINE.—The State shall meet the re-
quirements of this subsection not later than June 
15, 2021. 
(5) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection may be construed to prohibit the leader 
of any political party in a legislature from appoint-
ment to the Select Committee on Redistricting. 
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SEC. 2455. REPORT ON DIVERSITY OF MEMBERSHIPS OF 
INDEPENDENT 
REDISTRICTING 
COMMIS-
SIONS. 
Not later than November 15, 2021, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall submit to Congress a 
report on the extent to which the memberships of inde-
pendent redistricting commissions for States established 
under this part with respect to the immediately preceding 
year ending in the numeral zero meet the diversity require-
ments as provided for in sections 2451(a)(2)(B) and 
2452(b)(2). 
Subtitle F—Saving Eligible Voters 
From Voter Purging 
SEC. 2501. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Automatically 
Voiding Eligible Voters Off Their Enlisted Rolls in States 
Act’’ or the ‘‘SAVE VOTERS Act’’. 
SEC. 2502. CONDITIONS FOR REMOVAL OF VOTERS FROM 
LIST OF REGISTERED VOTERS. 
(a) CONDITIONS DESCRIBED.—The National Voter 
Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20501 et seq.) is 
amended by inserting after section 8 the following new 
section: 
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‘‘SEC. 8A. CONDITIONS FOR REMOVAL OF VOTERS FROM 
OFFICIAL LIST OF REGISTERED VOTERS. 
‘‘(a) VERIFICATION ON BASIS OF OBJECTIVE AND 
RELIABLE EVIDENCE OF INELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) 
REQUIRING
VERIFICATION.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this Act, a State 
may not remove the name of any registrant from the 
official list of voters eligible to vote in elections for 
Federal office in the State unless the State verifies, 
on the basis of objective and reliable evidence, that 
the registrant is ineligible to vote in such elections. 
‘‘(2) FACTORS NOT CONSIDERED AS OBJECTIVE 
AND RELIABLE EVIDENCE OF INELIGIBILITY.—For 
purposes of paragraph (1), the following factors, or 
any combination thereof, shall not be treated as ob-
jective and reliable evidence of a registrant’s ineligi-
bility to vote: 
‘‘(A) The failure of the registrant to vote 
in any election. 
‘‘(B) The failure of the registrant to re-
spond to any notice sent under section 8(d), un-
less the notice has been returned as undeliver-
able. 
‘‘(C) The failure of the registrant to take 
any other action with respect to voting in any 
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election or with respect to the registrant’s sta-
tus as a registrant. 
‘‘(b) NOTICE AFTER REMOVAL.— 
‘‘(1) NOTICE TO INDIVIDUAL REMOVED.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 48 
hours after a State removes the name of a reg-
istrant from the official list of eligible voters for 
any reason (other than the death of the reg-
istrant), the State shall send notice of the re-
moval to the former registrant, and shall in-
clude in the notice the grounds for the removal 
and information on how the former registrant 
may contest the removal or be reinstated, in-
cluding a telephone number for the appropriate 
election official. 
‘‘(B) 
EXCEPTIONS.—Subparagraph 
(A) 
does not apply in the case of a registrant— 
‘‘(i) who sends written confirmation to 
the State that the registrant is no longer 
eligible to vote in the registrar’s jurisdic-
tion in which the registrant was registered; 
or 
‘‘(ii) who is removed from the official 
list of eligible voters by reason of the death 
of the registrant. 
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