This relatively sleepy Nov. 4 general election features races for Board of Education, city sheriffs and City Council, as well as two charter revision questions.
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Board of Education candidates lead the ballot. Due to the overwhelming Democratic registration, the real race is between the Republican candidates incumbent Akisha Cassermere and David Gelin, and incumbents Rob Traber and Joe Sokolovic, running on the Working Families and Independent Party lines, for the two remaining minor-party positions on the nine-member board. The two highest vote receivers among those candidates will join the new board in December.
From city website:
There will be two questions included on the ballot. Proposed revision of the Charter of the City of Bridgeport to be voted on in the City of Bridgeport in the Election to be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, Pursuant to §9-369b (a) of the Connecticut General Statues (C.G.S.). The full text of the Charter Revision and Questions are available at the Town Clerk’s Office for public inspection. (Habrá dos preguntas incluida en la papeleta de voto. Propuesto de revisión de la Carta de la cuidad de Bridgeport para ser sometida a votación en las elecciones de la Ciudad de Bridgeport el dia de martes 4 de noviembre de 2025 Conforme al §9-369b(a) de los Estatutos Generales de Connecticut (C.G.S.). Texto completo sobre la Revisión de la Carta Y preguntas estan disponible en la Oficina de Town Clerk para inspección publica.
- Shall the City of Bridgeport approve and adopt Charter amendements to modernize the City Charter, including but not limited to, strengthening Ethics, reforming Civil Service, and establishing uniform standards for departments, boards and commissions? ¿Aprobará la Ciudad de Bridgeport y adoptará enmiendas de la Carta para modernizar la Carta de la Ciudad, incluyendo, entre otros, el fortalecimiento de la Ética, la reforma del Servicio Civil y el establecimiento de estándares de uniformes para departamentos, juntas y comisiones?
- Shall the Charter be amended to discontinue electing the Town Clerk, City Clerk, and the municipal Sheriffs following the municipal election in 2027 at which election these positions will be filled for terms ending on November 30, 2031, and thereafter the Town Clerk and City Clerk positions will be filled by a non-partisan civil service selection process effective on or after December 1, 2031?¿Se modificará la Carta para dejar de elegir al Secretario Municipal, al Secretario de la Ciudad y a los Sheriffs Municipales después de las elecciones municipales en 2027, en las que se cubrirán estos puestos por mandatos que finalizan el 30 de noviembre de 2031, y posteriormente los puestos de Secretario Municipal y Secretario de la Ciudad se cubrirán mediante un proceso de selección de servicio público no partidista a partir del 1 de diciembre de 2031?
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