{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-9-235d","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-235d","heading":"Citizens sixteen or seventeen years of age authorized to serve as election or primary officials. Requirements.","body":"(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.\n(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.","path":["TITLE 9. ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 146*. ELECTIONS","PART V. CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_146.htm#sec_9-235d","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:06:57Z","sha256":"85a63d527f7d0bebc07cd7ae5fb1c04898173bcd023afa7d37b05999481b51ab","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-9-235c","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-9-235e"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}