Oversight

(a) Submission of materials Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Elections Commission shall submit the ballot design and voter education materials for the plebiscites authorized under this Act to the Attorney General for review and the Elections Commission shall make not more than 1 submission of the ballot design and voter education materials to the Attorney General for review. (b) Effect of failure To comply If the Attorney General fails to comply with subsection (c) within the 45-day period, the ballot design and voter education materials shall be considered approved. (c) Review Not later than 45 days after receiving the ballot design and voter education materials under subsection (a), the Attorney General shall review the ballot design and voter education materials to ensure consistency with this Act and to ensure that the 4 options defined in this Act are represented fairly, especially in the event that any of the 4 options are not represented on the Elections Commission by a member of a political party that supports such option, and— (1) return the materials to the Elections Commission with comments and instructions for changes; or (2) before the expiration of the 45-day period, inform the Elections Commission that no instructions or requests for changes shall be made under paragraph (1), but that the Attorney General reserves the right to submit instructions for changes in accordance with this section if additional information comes to the attention of the Attorney General during the remainder of the 45-day period. (d) Revision Not later than 45 days after receiving comments and instructions for changes from the Attorney General under subsection (c), the Elections Commission shall revise the ballot design and voter education materials as requested by the Attorney General. (e) Election observers The Elections Commission shall invite national and international election observers to ensure transparency and confidence in the electoral process. Observers shall be present during the initial plebiscite vote and during the runoff plebiscite vote.