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