asp.net mvc: why is Html.CheckBox generating an additional hidden input

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Published on 2010-04-23T08:53:03Z Indexed on 2010/04/23 9:03 UTC
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I just noticed that Html.CheckBox("foo") generates 2 inputs instead of one, anybody knows why is this so ?

<input id="foo" name="foo" type="checkbox" value="true" />
<input name="foo" type="hidden" value="false" />

Note: this checkbox is not checked

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