Connecticut Election Thrown Out Due to "Shocking" Evidence of Ballot-Box Stuffing

"No evidence" of fraud in any US elections, period.

(Except when Democrats say so.)

Court Overturns Ganim Win in Bridgeport Primary, Calling Evidence of Fraud 'Shocking'

BRIDGEPORT -- A judge ruled on Wednesday to overturn the city's Democratic primary election, initially won by incumbent Mayor Joe Ganim, following claims of absentee ballot fraud by his opponent, John Gomes.

After two weeks of evidentiary hearings for Gomes's absentee ballot fraud lawsuit, Judge William Clark ordered a new Democratic primary based on 180 pieces of evidence presented by Gomes's legal counsel.

In the 37-page ruling, Clark said the video footage presented by Bill Bloss -- Gomes's attorney -- was particularly alarming.

"Mr. Ganim was also correct to be 'shocked' at what he saw on the video clips in evidence that were shown to him while he was on the witness stand," Clark wrote. "The videos are shocking to the court and should be shocking to all the parties

Ganim was one the many city officials called to the Fairfield Judicial District Superior Courthouse for questioning, along with Wanda Geter-Pataky, vice chair of the Bridgeport Democratic Town Committee and operations specialist for the city, and Eneida Martinez, a former City Council member accused by Gomes of stuffing ballot dropboxes.

At the witness stand, Ganim told the court he was "shocked" by an 18-minute video -- subpoenaed by Gomes from Bridgeport police -- that appeared to show 12 instances of Geter-Pataky either depositing stacks of ballots herself or handing ballots to others from behind her reception desk, and four instances of Martinez dropping off ballots.

Asked about the footage during the hearings, both Geter-Pataky and Martinez asserted their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination . Ganim, who appeared to win the primary by 250 votes after a count of absentee ballots, denied any involvement in the alleged fraud.

Under state election law, absentee ballots may be only returned by the ballot applicant, a family member, a police officer, an election official or a caretaker. Clark said the footage provides direct evidence that state law was violated when "unauthorized partisans" handled and submitted ballots.

I'm sure there were no "unauthorized partisans" handing in huge stacks of absentee "ballots" in the swing states in 2020!

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"This is a victory for the people of Bridgeport," Gomes said. "Our campaign always believed that the integrity of our democratic process must be upheld and Superior Court Judge William Clark agreed."

On a Wednesday phone call with CT Examiner, Bloss said the new ruling is a "necessary first step" towards correcting absentee ballot misuse in Bridgeport.

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"I think there are some reforms that can be used in terms of the application process, in terms of preparing signatures, in terms of identifying people who return absentee ballots on behalf of voters if they use dropboxes or the U.S. mail," Bloss said. "The system works everywhere in the state of Connecticut, except in Bridgeport."

Huh. Checking signatures and checking up on people collecting absentee ballots -- "ballot harvesters," as most call them.

Interesting!

Proposition: If Democrats are willing to stuff ballot boxes in a barely-matters local race, to a degree that even a Democrat judge finds it "shocking," I think they'd be more than willing to stuff ballot boxes to defeat the man they've created a Cult of Hate around, yes?

Thanks to JackStraw.

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:18 PM

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