Are videos capturing political operatives stuffing absentee ballots into drop boxes during the Democratic primary now a bit of campaign kryptonite?
Mayor Joe Ganim, for one, wants to get rid of them.
One thing is certain, absentee ballot returns for the general election are down from the primary which saw more than 2,000 electors registering votes.
The latest numbers from the Town Clerk’s Office, four days from the general election, shows roughly 1,300 returned ballots, about 90 percent from Democrats. Several hundred more will come in by Tuesday’s general election.
Ganim, similar to the primary, is expected to perform well among absentee voters. John Gomes, the Bridgeport Independent Party candidate, will likely finish second among those voters, if the primary trend continues into the general election.
Republican David Herz and petitioning candidate Lamond Daniels lack the campaign apparatus to focus on absentees.
Superior Court Judge William Clark’s order for a new Democratic primary raises several questions about the motivation of the respective camps to churn out a general election vote as well as what the decision represents in voter vitality to show up. Does it tamp down Democrats who know there may be another primary? Or, will it gin up interest among all voter demographics?
More than 25,000 combined unaffiliated and Republicans voters are eligible to vote, along with about 40,000 registered Democrats. The Democratic primary turnout was pathetically low.
If Gomes wins Tuesday’s general election, no Democratic primary redo is necessary. If he does not, however, election machinations will carry on into December and possibly January if another general election is required.
This election cycle is nuttier than a box full of Goobers and we’re done yet.
Dump the Ganim Drop Boxes!
yeah, the “boxes” are the problem. 🤣
CTpost way to solve Port’s abusive AB corrupt election process. Good Job 😂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt0spqQtMKg
Thought if you think about it. If everybody had the same size “box” perhaps. 🤔
Either way, where Y’all want to put it, God was doing some of you a solid. 🙃
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulZ4IiCR-9M
Were four boxes intended to receive eligible ballots from registered voters according to State of CT rules?
Were political enthusiasts for a specific candidate following through on their own “activism”, likely not for the first time, caught on video and identified?
Were those who testified in the trial so quick not to tell their part in the story because what they actually know is “unimportant” or because self-revelation can be negated by taking the Fifth and not potentially releasing potentially self-incriminating testimony?
Will all of the registered voters, who are able to vote Tuesday, do so? Even if you hand in a ballot with the MAYOR choice empty, but fill in your informed choice for other candidates on the ballot?
Answers to these questions will be revealing as they are made public. As in “time will tell”.