Sec. 7. Transparency and reporting

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Each State shall provide public access, in an easily useable format, to the demographic data and shape files used by the State to develop and analyze proposed districting plans. Prior to considering a congressional districting plan, the mapdrawing authority of a State shall hold one or more public hearings on such plan after giving notice of not less than 10 days, including on a website maintained by the State, of the mapdrawing authority's intent to hold such hearings. The mapdrawing authority of a State shall accept comments on all congressional districting plans so noticed as well as alternative map proposals covering all or part of a State and make all such comments and alternative map proposals publicly available on a website maintained by the State.

Any proposed congressional districting plan to be voted on by the mapdrawing authority of a State shall be accompanied by a written report, made available to the public not less than 72 hours before any initial vote, describing how the proposed plan satisfies the requirements of section 3 and 4, including an evaluation of the districting plan under multiple accepted measures of partisan fairness.