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Leroy Truth Investigations-SECURITY FOOTAGE EXPOSES OFFICIALS RIGGING OWN ELECTION!
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THERE ARE ONCE AGAIN ALLEGATIONS ABOUT ELECTION TAMPERING IN THE PRIMARY THAT IS HAPPENING IN A FEW DAYS AGAINST THE MAYOR GANIM CAMPAIGN AS WAS SHARED AT THE JOHN GOMES PRESS CONFERENCE LAST FRIDAY WHICH I ATTENDED.
MAYOR GANIM LOCKED US & THE ENTIRE PUBLIC OUT OF THE GOVERNMENT CENTER THIS PAST THURSDAY RATHER THAN FACE THIS INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
SOMEONE FROM THE PUBLIC HELD OPEN A DOOR FOR US AFTER THEY SAW SOMEONE LOCK ALL TH DOORS OF THE GOVERNENT "WE THE PEOPLE'S BUILDING.
Mayor Joe Ganim speaks about what impact the recently passed state budget will have on the City of Bridgeport during a press conference in his office in Bridgeport, Conn. Nov. 3, 2017.
1of3Mayor Joe Ganim speaks about what impact the recently passed state budget will have on the City of Bridgeport during a press conference in his office in Bridgeport, Conn. Nov. 3, 2017.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media
BRIDGEPORT — Nearly four years after a Hearst investigation into the alleged misuse of absentee ballots in the contentious 2019 Bridgeport Democratic mayoral primary that was narrowly won by Mayor Joe Ganim, state elections officials have recommended possible criminal violations by three people aligned with the mayor's campaign, including a member of the City Council, to the chief state's attorney.
In June, the commission voted unanimously to authorize staff lawyers to refer "evidence of possible criminal violations undertaken."
Named in the referral was Alfredo Castillo, a member of the city council; Wanda Geter-Pataky, a City Hall employee, and Nilsa Heredia, all of whom supported Ganim.
The office of the chief state's attorney on Wednesday confirmed the referral. "The investigation is pending," said Alaine Griffin, director of communications for the Division of Criminal Justice, declining further comment.
Heredia, who was paid hundreds of dollars by the campaign to circulate applications for mail-in ballots in the 19-building P.T. Barnum apartment complex in Black Rock, testified in a court challenge to the primary results in the fall of 2019. She stressed that she did not assist voters in filling out their ballots, but provided them with blank applications and stamps.
The trial before Superior Court Judge Barry Stevens included testimony from voters who said that their completed absentee ballots had been collected by Ganim campaign workers in apparent violation of state law, and that applications for ballots were improperly distributed and mailed out with address corrections that should not have occurred.
"The outcome of the 2019 municipal primary in Bridgeport was rigged," Moore said. "The people who abused absentee ballots were responsible and should be investigated. Two of the three accused were city employees at that time and if they are found guilty, any pensions they are entitled to should be in jeopardy."
The State Elections Enforcement Commission declined further comment beyond the minutes of the meeting in which the criminal referral was ordered.
Callie Heilmann, co-director of Bridgeport Generation Now Votes, which did not endorse a candidate in the 2019 primary, but filed the lawsuit alleging voter fraud along with three other voters, said Wednesday morning that it is delayed vindication for a long-standing pattern in Bridgeport.
State Sen. Marilyn Moore, D-Bridgeport, lost the 2019 mayoral primary by 270 votes. Mayor Joe Ganim enjoyed a three-to-one advantage in mail-in absentee ballots and a subsequent court case was lost by Moore supporters.
"For too long, Bridgeport voters have been subjected to widespread absentee ballot abuse and voter intimidation, for the purpose of controlling the outcome of our elections," Heilmann said. "We applaud the State Elections Enforcement Commission for taking this investigation and the protection of voting rights in Bridgeport seriously. What we discovered after the 2019 Democratic primary has been validated by the announcement of SEEC's recommendation to bring criminal charges against Alfredo Castillo and Wanda Geter-Pataky.
In the ensuing civil case filed by the local advocacy group Bridgeport Generation Now Votes, in an attempt to overturn Ganim's narrow 270-vote victory, Heredia, who was paid hundreds of dollars by the Ganim campaign to circulate applications for absentee ballots throughout the 19-building P.T. Barnum apartment complex, testified in court that she was recruited for the job by Geter-Pataky and Daniel Roach, one of Ganim’s top aides, chairman of the local police commission and the Democratic Town Committee district leader for Black Rock.
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