Public internet site for State redistricting entity

(a) Establishment and operation of site Each State redistricting entity shall establish and maintain a public internet site which meets the following minimum requirements: (1) The site provides general information about the congressional redistricting process, including information on— (A) applicable legal requirements; and (B) any redistricting principles or policies that the State redistricting entity will use in creating or evaluating congressional redistricting plans. (2) The site is updated continuously to provide timely advance notice of meetings held by the entity and to otherwise provide information on the activities of the entity and any subordinate entity described in section 2(a)(2). (3) The site provides access to all congressional redistricting plans or district maps submitted by any person or entity as part of the redistricting process. (4) The site provides members of the public with no-cost access to easily assessable digital files containing the block equivalency, shapefiles, and demographic and election data needed for analysis, evaluation, or creation of proposed redistricting plans, including assessment of a plan’s partisan performance and compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and other applicable legal requirements. (5) The site permits any individual to submit, view, and search comments on proposed redistricting plans, and to submit questions, comments, and other information with respect to the entity’s activities. (6) The site permits members of the public to watch, in both live and archival formats, and review transcripts of, any public hearings or meetings of the State redistricting entity. (7) The site includes any other information the entity is required to make public under this Act or other applicable law. (b) Deadline for posting of comments submitted by public The State redistricting entity shall ensure that any oral or written comment relating to Congressional redistricting in the State which is submitted by a member of the public to the State redistricting agency, including a comment on any plan proposed by the entity or any other person, is made available on the site not later than 72 hours after submission. (c) Updating of information The State redistricting entity shall take all actions necessary to ensure that the site established under this section is updated continuously to provide timely advance notice of the entity’s meetings and to otherwise provide timely information on the entity’s activities. (d) Multiple language requirements All of the information which is described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (6) of subsection (a) of this section shall be posted and published 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 (52 U.S.C. 10503). (e) Deadline; preservation of information (1) Deadline The State redistricting entity shall establish the internet site required under this section not later than August 1 of the year in which the regular decennial census is conducted. (2) Preservation of information All information on the internet site established under this section with respect to a congressional redistricting plan shall be preserved in an accessible format for a period of not less than 10 years following adoption of the plan.