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Prevent “New Order” Notification Checkboxes from Being Re-Checked Automatically

I’ve edited the adminhtml template for these checkboxes (totals.phtml) and successfully removed the “checked” attribute that causes them to be checked by default. Now, when the New Order page first loads for the admin, these boxes are checked. However, as soon as I perform an action on the page (such as adding a product to the order), the boxes become rechecked automatically. How can I prevent this behavior?

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The problem ended up being that certain actions (like adding products) would reload the page using the core /vendor template file vs. my module’s