SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND BLAIR COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

In the materials provided to each Election Judge for Election Day, the County will include a checklist of the temporary measures to be implemented on Election Day at each polling place location where such measures are required.  The checklist should contain a place for a signature by the Election Judge that he or she kept the temporary remedies in place throughout Election Day, from the opening of the polls to their closing, and should be returned to the County along with other election materials.  Copies of these checklists will be provided to the Department within twenty-one (21) days of the election.

If a temporary remedy is not in place at any time on Election Day, the Election Judge should contact the County Election Director.  The County Election Director shall then send the Highway Department personnel to fix the non-compliant implementation of the temporary measures when possible.  Non-compliance shall be documented by both the Election Judge on the checklists referenced above and the County Election Director.  The County Election Director will provide copies of his or her documentation to the Department within twenty-one (21) days of the election. 

If the County does not properly implement the temporary remedial measures necessary at a particular polling place location on Election Day in two (2) consecutive elections, then the County will no longer use the polling place location and shall relocate it to an accessible location or one that can be made temporarily accessible on Election Day pursuant to Paragraphs 17 and 18 of this Agreement.