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 116 STAT. 1684 PUBLIC LAW 107-252—OCT. 29, 2002 the Executive Director of the Commission shall take into consideration the recommendations provided by the Technical Guidelines Development Committee under section 221. (2) BOARD OF ADVISORS.—The Executive Director of the Commission shall submit the guidelines proposed to be adopted under this part (or any modifications to such guidelines) to the Board of Advisors. (3) STANDARDS BOARD. —The Executive Director of the Commission shall submit the guidelines proposed to be adopted under this part (or any modifications to such guidelines) to the Executive Board of the Standards Board, which shall review the guidelines (or modifications) and forward its recommendations to the Standards Board. (c) REVIEW.—Upon receipt ofvoluntary voting system guidelines described in subsection (b) (or a modification of such guidelines) from the Executive Director of the Commission, the Board of Advisors and the Standards Board shall each review and submit comments and recommendations regarding the guideline (or modification) to the Commission. (d) FINAL ADOPTION.— (1) IN GENERAL. —^A voluntary voting system guideline described in subsection (b) (or modification of such a guideline) shall not be considered to be finally adopted by the Commission unless the Commission votes to approve the final adoption of the guideline (or modification), taking into consideration the comments and recommendations submitted by the Board of Advisors and the Standards Board under subsection (c). (2) MINIMUM PERIOD FOR CONSIDERATION OF COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.— The Commission may not vote on the final adoption of a guideline described in subsection (b) (or modification of such a guideline) until the expiration of the 90-day period which begins on the date the Executive Director of the Commission submits the proposed guideline (or modification) to the Board of Advisors and the Standards Board under subsection (b). (e) SPECIAL RULE FOR INITIAL SET OF GUIDELINES.— Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the most recent set of voting system standards adopted by the Federal Election Commission prior to the date of the enactment of this Act shall be deemed to have been adopted by the Commission as of the date of the enactment of this Act as the first set of voluntary voting system guidelines adopted under this part. Subtitle B—Testing, Certification, Decertification, and Recertification of Voting System Hardware and Software 42 USC 15371. SEC. 231. CERTIFICATION AND TESTING OF VOTING SYSTEMS. (a) CERTIFICATION AND TESTING. — (1) IN GENERAL.— The Commission shall provide for the testing, certification, decertification, and recertification of voting system hardware and software by accredited laboratories.

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