Connecticut General Statutes/Title 9/Chapter 146/Section 9-235d

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

(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.

Short History

(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; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 112.)

Long History

History: P.A. 97-67 divided section into Subsecs., authorized appointments of unofficial and candidate checkers as checkers in subsequent elections and primaries, respectively, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 03-108 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to insert Subdiv. (1) designator, delete prior experience requirement for challengers and unofficial or candidate checkers, and insert Subdiv. (2) re appointment as a checker, translator or voting machine tender, effective July 1, 2003; pursuant to P.A. 11-20, “machine” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “tabulator”, effective May 24, 2011; P.A. 15-224 amended Subsecs. (a)(2) and (b)(2) to add “ballot clerk” re appointment, effective July 7, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 deleted references to challengers and made technical changes, effective June 23, 2021.

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