Prior to each election, the registrars of voters of each town shall appoint, for each voting tabulator to be used at such election, at least one and not more than two electors of such town as a voting tabulator tender, unless the registrars of voters have established two shifts for election officials under the provisions of section 9-258a, in which case the registrars shall appoint at least one and not more than two electors to be voting tabulator tenders, for each voting tabulator, for each shift.
(1953, S. 710d; 1969, P.A. 500, S. 2; P.A. 83-391, S. 15, 24; P.A. 07-194, S. 18.)
History: 1969 act provided for appointment of voting machine tenders by registrars for each shift established; P.A. 83-391 permitted registrars to appoint one or two voting machine tenders per machine, rather than one as previously; P.A. 07-194 made technical changes and replaced “voting machine tender” with “voting tabulator tender”.
See Sec. 9-249 re instruction of election officials in use of voting tabulator.
See Sec. 9-267 re removal of voting tabulator tenders for incompetence.