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Breaking down the ballots

Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim (D).
Bill Rodrigues
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Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim (D).

Over 100,000 Connecticut residents will have their criminal records erased by early next year. Our region reacts to the pope’s announcement on same sex marriage. And how the battle for absentee ballots defined Bridgeport’s mayoral election.

Hear more from Ebong Udoma on this week's episode of Long Story Short, a collaborative podcast from WSHU and the CT Mirror — available online and wherever you get your podcasts.

Sabrina is host and producer of WSHU’s daily podcast After All Things. She also produces the climate podcast Higher Ground and other long-form news and music programs at the station. Sabrina spent two years as a WSHU fellow, working as a reporter and assisting with production of The Full Story.
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