2023 Elections

The State Elections Enforcement Commission dropped its probe into one of dozens of complaints after voters refused to cooperate.

An alleged incident of ballot fraud in Bridgeport has left some residents fatigued. Others worry the response could curtail voting access.

According to Connecticut State Police, a broken window screen at a town building in Fairfield where ballots were being stored was not a result of criminal activity.

In Bridgeport, Connecticut the race for mayor remains undecided. Despite incumbent Mayor Joe Ganim’s narrow defeat of challenger John Gomes in Tuesday’s general election, the next mayor may not be decided until early next year.

The GOP flipped the Suffolk County executive seat and strengthened its supermajority in the county Legislature.

Mayor Joe Ganim and challenger John Gomes are encouraging supporters to turn up at the polls tomorrow. They say they want to avoid the general election being decided by yet another controversial mail-in ballot count.

Connecticut residents will have a chance to vote in local elections on Nov. 7, including Bridgeport, New Haven and Hartford mayor. We’ve answered some key questions about the elections below.

A lawsuit challenging Mayor Joe Ganim’s win of the Bridgeport Democratic primary awaits a judge’s decision. The lawyer for Ganim’s opponent, John Gomes, rested his case on Thursday.

Mayor Joe Ganim testified in Bridgeport Superior Court on Tuesday. On the stand, Ganim distanced himself from two of his campaign workers who pleaded the Fifth when questioned about city surveillance video that showed them allegedly stuffing mail-in ballot drop boxes prior to the city’s Democratic primary election.

Some Bridgeport voters are discouraged by the mail-in ballot scandal surrounding Mayor Joe Ganim’s September Democratic primary win. But advocates hope that the voters will take their concerns to the polls in November.