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Connecticut Statutes § 9-235d Citizens sixteen or seventeen years of age authorized to serve as election or primary officials. Requirements

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Statute Text

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of sections 9-233 , 9-235 and 9-258 a United States citizen who is sixteen or seventeen years of age and a bona fide resident of a town may be appointed as (1) an unofficial checker in an election, or (2) a checker, translator, ballot clerk or voting tabulator tender in an election after (A) attending poll worker training, and (B) receiving the written permission of a parent, guardian or the principal of the school that the citizen attends if the citizen is a secondary school student and the citizen is to be appointed to work on a day when such school is in session.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of section 9-436 or 9-436a a United States citizen who is sixteen or seventeen years of age and a bona fide resident of a town or political subdivision holding a primary may be appointed as (1) a candidate checker in the primary, or (2) a checker, translator, ballot clerk or voting tabulator tender in a primary after (A) attending poll worker training, and (B) receiving the written permission of a parent, guardian or the principal of the school that the citizen attends if the citizen is a secondary school student and the citizen is to be appointed to work on a day when such school is in session.

Source

( P.A. 93-384 , S. 9 ; P.A. 97-67 , S. 8 , 9 ; P.A. 03-108 , S. 1 ; P.A. 11-20 , S. 1 ; P.A. 15-224 , S. 17 .)

History

Amended by P.A. 21-0002 , S. 112 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Special Session , eff. 6/23/2021 .

Amended by P.A. 15-0224 , S. 17 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2015 Regular Session , eff. 7/7/2015 .

Amended by P.A. 11-0020 , S. 1 of the the 2011 Regular Session , eff. 5/24/2011 .

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