Sec. 103. Oversight
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The Elections Commission shall submit to the Attorney General for review— not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act— the ballot design for the initial plebiscite; and any voter education materials for the initial plebiscite to be made available in accordance with section 102; and not later than 30 days after the date on which an initial plebiscite is held in which there is not a majority vote in favor of 1 of the status options— the ballot design for the runoff plebiscite; and any voter education materials for the runoff plebiscite to be made available in accordance with section 102.
Not later than 45 days after receiving 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 that each of 4 status options are represented fairly, particularly if any of the 4 options are not represented on the Elections Commission by a member of a political party that supports the status option; and return the ballot design and voter education materials to the Elections Commission with comments and instructions for changes, as applicable; or inform the Elections Commission that— no instructions or requests for changes shall be made under subparagraph (A); but 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.
If the Attorney General fails to comply with the requirements of subsection
(b)within the 45-day period described in that subsection, the ballot design and voter education materials submitted under subsection
(a)shall be considered to be approved. Not later than 45 days after receiving comments and instructions for changes from the Attorney General under subsection (b)(2), the Elections Commission shall revise the ballot design and voter education materials in accordance with the comments and instructions submitted by the Attorney General.