Absentee Voting

A Connecticut Superior Court judge has ordered a new election for Bridgeport’s Democratic mayoral primary, after surveillance videos show possible ballot stuffing. It will be held after next week's general election, featuring Major Joe Ganim and his challenger John Gomes.

A judge is likely to decide before Election Day whether enough evidence exists to throw out Mayor Joe Ganim's Bridgeport primary victory.

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.

After two of his campaign workers exercised their 5th Amendment right last week, Mayor Joe Ganim is set to testify in Bridgeport Superior Court on Tuesday in a case involving alleged absentee ballot abuse in the city’s Democratic primary.

The Senate voted Tuesday night and early Wednesday for final passage of two election measures, one bringing early voting to Connecticut and another that will ask voters by referendum in 2024 to authorize no-excuse absentee voting.

In their unanimous decision, a five-judge panel reversed two Republican-led challenges to New York’s absentee voting laws.

Jack Hennessy said he will challenge the results of the recount for the state House seat against Bridgeport City Councilman Marcus Brown.

The law allows voters to qualify for an absentee ballot based on their concern about a sickness — like coronavirus.