Sec. 8003. Prohibiting reduction in access to participation in elections
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A State may not use a payment made under the Program to carry out any activity which has the purpose or effect of diminishing the ability of any citizen of the United States to participate in the electoral process. A State receiving a payment under the Program shall establish uniform and nondiscriminatory State-based administrative complaint procedures under which any person who believes that a violation of subsection
(a)has occurred, is occurring, or is about to occur may file a complaint. The State shall transmit to the Director a description of each complaint filed under the procedures, together with— if the State provides a remedy with respect to the complaint, a description of the remedy; or if the State dismisses the complaint, a statement of the reasons for the dismissal. Any person who is dissatisfied with the final decision under a State-based administrative complaint procedure under this subsection may, not later than 60 days after the decision is made, file a request with the Director to review the decision. Upon receiving a request under subparagraph (A), the Director shall review the decision and, in accordance with such procedures as the Director may establish, including procedures to provide notice and an opportunity for a hearing, may uphold the decision or reverse the decision and provide an appropriate remedy. Any person aggrieved by an action of the Director under subparagraph
(B)of paragraph
(3)may file a petition with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Any petition under this subparagraph shall be filed not later than 60 days after the date of the action taken by the Director under subparagraph
(B)of paragraph (3). In any proceeding under this paragraph, the court shall determine whether the action of the Director was arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law under section 706 of title 5, United States Code, and may direct the Office to conform with any such determination within 30 days. The Attorney General may bring a civil action against any State 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 enforce subsection (a).