Sec. 4. Availability of civil penalties and private rights of action to enforce help america vote act of 2002
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Section 401 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 42 U.S.C. 15511 ) is amended to read as follows: The Attorney General may bring a civil action against any State or jurisdiction in an appropriate United States District Court for such declaratory and injunctive relief (including a temporary restraining order, a permanent or temporary injunction, or other order) as may be necessary to carry out the requirements of subtitle A of title III. In a civil action brought under paragraph (1), if the court finds that the State or jurisdiction violated any provision of subtitle A of title III, it may, to vindicate the public interest, assess a civil penalty against the State or jurisdiction— in an amount not to exceed $110,000 for each such violation, in the case of a first violation; or in an amount not to exceed $220,000 for each such violation, for any subsequent violation.
Upon timely application, a person aggrieved by a violation of subtitle A of title III with respect to which a civil action is commenced under paragraph
(1)may intervene in such action, and may obtain such appropriate relief as the person could obtain in a civil action under subsection
(b)with respect to that violation, along with costs and a reasonable attorney fee. Not later than December 31 of each year, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress an annual report on any civil action brought under paragraph
(1)during the preceding year. A person who is aggrieved by a State's or jurisdiction’s violation of subtitle A of title III may bring a civil action in an appropriate United States District Court for such declaratory or injunctive relief as may be necessary to carry out the requirements of such subtitle. The court may award to a person aggrieved by a violation of subtitle A of title III who prevails in an action brought under paragraph
(1)the costs of the action, including a reasonable attorney fee. . The table of contents of such Act is amended by amending the item relating to section 401 to read as follows: Sec. 401. Enforcement. . The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to violations alleged to have occurred on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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