Absentee Ballots

The Connecticut House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill to improve election security. It's in response to the absentee ballot box stuffing scandal associated with the election for mayor in Bridgeport.

The Connecticut Supreme Court is set to weigh in on whether Bridgeport residents can make citizens' arrests in the city’s absentee ballot fraud case.

Connecticut Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas said her office has referred multiple complaints related to the Bridgeport mayoral election redo to the State Election Enforcement Commission (SEEC), including one that claims a voter was offered cash in exchange for a completed absentee ballot.

The filing claims that a member of the Gomes campaign provided application forms to 22 volunteers who circulated them to voters.

Connecticut’s State Election Enforcement Commission has voted to investigate a video allegedly depicting Bridgeport Mayoral candidate John Gomes’ supporters stuffing the ballot box.

Over 22% of all votes cast in the Bridgeport Democratic primary were absentee ballots. This is the story of the battle behind the scenes.

The City of Bridgeport has hired an outside investigator to take over the probe into municipal employee Wanda Geter-Pataky, one of the central figures in the absentee ballot fraud case. Mayor Joe Ganim says that was a good decision — challenger John Gomes disagrees.

Bridgeport Democratic mayoral candidate John Gomes' lawsuit seeking a new primary election against Mayor Joe Ganim begins Thursday.

Testimony in the case involving alleged absentee ballot fraud in Bridgeport’s Sept. 12 Democratic primary for mayor is expected to begin in about two weeks, according to Superior Court Judge William Clark.

Bridgeport mayoral candidate John Gomes said he has evidence of absentee ballot fraud in the city’s Sept. 12 Democratic primary and wants state officials to stop the certification of the election.