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Recordkeeping Of Absentee Ballots Questioned In Bridgeport Primary Lawsuit

M. Spencer Green
/
AP

Recordkeeping at the Bridgeport Town Clerk’s office came into question in a lawsuit that seeks a do-over of the Democratic mayoral primary.

The lawsuit alleges widespread irregularities with absentee ballots. A three-to-one share of those ballots won the election for incumbent mayor Joe Ganim by 270 votes. 

John Shapiro, an attorney representing the plaintiffs, questioned Assistant Town Clerk Christina Resto about a report that tracks absentee ballots received by her office. Resto testified that the log is kept up-to-date through Election Day.

Shapiro asked why voter Nancy Figueroa-Rivera’s absentee ballot was counted since her name did not appear on a copy of the log emailed to a resident two days after the election. 

Resto says the log released right after the election may not have been the final version. That voter’s name showed up on a version provided for evidence in the lawsuit, days later. 

Cassandra Basler, a former senior editor at WSHU, came to the station by way of Columbia Journalism School in New York City. When she's not reporting on wealth and poverty, she's writing about food and family.
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