SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Obligations of the Department

32. In order to assist the Board with its obligations under the ADA, the Department has provided the Board with information from the Department's March and November 2016 reviews of the Board's polling place locations, including the violations found and recommendations for how to make each location temporarily accessible on Election Day, as applicable. The Board will obtain information from EFE's November 2016 review through the procedure described in Paragraph 20.

33. Throughout the duration of this Agreement, the Department may conduct compliance review surveys or reviews of the Board's polling places in each election or at any time with reasonable notice.

34. The Department will provide assistance to the Board on devising and using a new survey instrument that will be based on the Department's ADA Checklist for Polling Places (June 2016) and will help assess whether a newly proposed polling-place location is or can be made temporarily accessible during the voting period. The survey instrument will include a requirement to include photographs and will also require the identification of appropriate remedial provisions, including the remedial provisions in Paragraph 18 of this Agreement. The survey instrument will be submitted to the Department for review and approval within 21 days of the effective date of this Agreement.