Substitute Senate Bill No. 647
AN ACT CONCERNING SERVICE BY STUDENTS AS OFFICIAL CHECKERS AT POLLING PLACES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 9-235d of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2003):
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of sections 9-233, 9-235 and 9-258 to the contrary, a United States citizen who is sixteen or seventeen years of age and a bona fide resident of a town may be (1) appointed as a challenger [, voting machine tender] or unofficial checker in an election, [and, after serving as an unofficial checker in an election or as a candidate checker in a primary, may be appointed as a checker in a subsequent election] or (2) appointed as a checker, translator or voting machine 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 to the contrary, 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 (1) appointed as a challenger [, voting machine tender] or candidate checker in the primary, [and, after serving as a candidate checker in a primary or as an unofficial checker in an election, may be appointed as a checker in a subsequent primary] or (2) appointed as a checker, translator or voting machine 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.
Approved June 18, 2003