Sec. 3. Requirements for jurisdictions with substantial voter wait times
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The Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 42 U.S.C. 15301 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following new title: Each jurisdiction for which the Attorney General, to the maximum extent practicable in coordination with the Commission, determines that a substantial number of voters waited more than 30 minutes to cast a vote in the election for Federal office held on November 6, 2012, or any election for Federal office held on or after such date, shall comply with a State remedial plan established under this section in accordance with subsection (b).
The Attorney General, to the maximum extent practicable in coordination with the Commission, shall establish for each State or jurisdiction which is required to comply with this section a State remedial plan to minimize the waiting times of individuals voting in the State or jurisdiction in any election for Federal office. For purposes of this section, the term jurisdiction has the meaning given the term registrar's jurisdiction in section 8(j) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 ( 42 U.S.C. 1973gg–6(j) ).
Not later than March 1 of the year following the year in which an election for Federal office is held, the Attorney General, to the maximum extent practicable in coordination with the Commission, shall publish in the Federal Register a list of States and jurisdictions that are required to comply with a State remedial plan under this section. Not later than September 1 of the year following the year in which the Attorney General publishes in the Federal Register a list described in subsection (d), the governor of each State included on the list shall submit to the Attorney General a letter certifying that the State has made a good faith effort to comply with the State remedial plan established for the State under this section. .
Section 401 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 42 U.S.C. 15511 ), as amended by section 2(a)(2), is amended by striking and 403 and inserting 403, and the requirements of title X . The table of contents of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following: TITLE X—Remedial plans for States with excessive wait times Sec. 1001. Remedial plans for States with excessive wait times. . The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
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Requirements for jurisdictions with substantial voter wait times
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