A state judge has ordered a redo of a Bridgeport, Connecticut, Democratic mayoral primary after reviewing surveillance footage of alleged ballot-stuffing taking place.
A Connecticut judge has dismissed the results of a Democratic mayoral primary election in the state's largest city and ordered a new election be held after video surveillance captured people placing multiple absentee ballots into outdoor collection boxes. The Wednesday ruling by Superior Court Judge William Clark came just six days before the general election, creating a perplexing scenario in which voters will decide the outcome of Bridgeport’s mayoral election on Nov.
Clark cited statistics showing that abnormally large numbers of absentee ballots were cast in certain voting districts and video evidence showing multiple people shoving stacks of ballots into drop boxes, in violation of state law. 'The videos are shocking to the court and should be shocking to all the parties,' the judge wrote. Clark gave lawyers in the case 10 days to confer with city and state election officials on a possible date for the new primary.
During testimony held before the judge last month, one person is seen on surveillance video stuffing stacks of papers into a ballot drop box. Gomes contends the person is Wanda Geter-Pataky, a Ganim supporter and vice chair of the Bridgeport Democratic Town Committee. In court, Geter-Pataky exercised her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and declined to answer questions.
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