"At each regular or special state, municipal or ward election the registrars of each town or voting district, as the case may be, shall appoint a suitable elector residing therein, for each ballot box, to be box-tender, and one or two others, as may be necessary, to be substitute box- tenders for each box, respectively." Conn. Gen. Stat. 9-296.
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"At each regular or special state, municipal or ward election the registrars of each town or voting district, as the case may be, shall appoint a suitable elector residing therein, for each ballot box, to be box-tender, and one or two others, as may be necessary, to be substitute box- tenders for each box, respectively." Conn. Gen. Stat. 9-296.
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Election Security Glossary. (2026). Box Tender. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 20, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/box-tender
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