jQuery error in ASP.NET MVC 3 clientside custom validation

I have a razor view in ASP.NET MVC3 application.

This view has 2 partialviews

1. PartialView1 is strongly typed and binded with the model.
2. PartialView2 is not binded with the model. and this view consists of a collection of checkboxes.

As part of validation atleast one checkbox must be checked to continue with the save.

Following is the jquery code that is giving me error: Object does not support this property or method.

Error occuring at this line of code: $("#form0").validate({ rules: { issueCheckBox: { selectNone: true}} });

Following is the JQuery code:

<script src="../../Scripts/jquery-1.4.4.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="../../Scripts/jquery.validate.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="../../Scripts/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>          
 <script>
         $.validator.addMethod
            (
                "selectNone",
                function (value, element) {
                    var n = $("input[name='issueCheckBox']:checked").serializeArray();

                    if (n.length < 1) {
                        $("#divIssueCheckBoxError").show();
                        $("#divIssueCheckBoxE开发者_开发百科rror").css("color", "red");
                        $("#divIssueCheckBoxError").text("Issue(s) Required. Please select atleast one issue.");
                        return false;
                    }
                    else {
                        $("#divIssueCheckBoxError").hide();
                        return true;
                    }
                },
                function () { }
           );

           jQuery(document).ready(function () {
                    $("#form0").validate({ rules: { issueCheckBox: { selectNone: true}} });
           });
</script>

Does this error only happen in IE9? If so, it may just be this jquery ie9 bug related getElementsByTagName.