Candidates Blast Message Straight To Voters Via Social Media

Persuading voters to polls requires every possible appeal. In Bridgeport, and most other places, this is the new way of doing things, candidates behind a camera phone–or in this case State Rep. Chris Rosario–blasting out a get-out-the-vote message this weekend via Facebook a few weeks from the Nov. 6 general election. Rosario, in video above, provides the voice-over filming City Clerk Lydia Martinez, and City Council members Alfredo Castillo, Aidee Nieves and Maria Zambrano Viggiano for a top-of-ticket appeal.

Then this video above featuring State Rep. Ezequiel Santiago, the irrepressible East Side Democratic District Leader Wanda Geter Pataky, Rosario and State Senate candidate Dennis Bradley who hosted a meeting of the Connecticut Hispanic Democratic Caucus that included Susan Bysiewicz, Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor.

And Rosario, in video above, fronting the camera with a representative of the Office of the Connecticut Secretary of State who explains how former offenders may vote:

RESTORATION OF VOTING RIGHTS
A) Convicted Out of State / Federal Court–A person who has been convicted of a felony and committed to confinement in a federal or out of state correctional institution or facility or community residence shall be eligible to have such person’s voting privileges restored upon the payment of all fines in conjunction with the conviction and upon release from confinement, and, if applicable, parole. Here’s How:
1) Contact the Registrars of Voters in the town where you live to obtain a voter registration card. You can also obtain voter registration cards from any public library, the DMV, DSS or any other voter registration agency.
2) Fill out the voter registration card and submit the card to the registrars of voters in the town in which you live either a) in person or b) by mail.
Convicted in the State of Connecticut–A person who has been convicted of a felony and committed to confinement in a State of Connecticut correctional institution or facility or community residence shall be eligible to have such person’s voting privileges restored upon the release from confinement, and, if applicable, parole.
Here’s How:
1) Contact the Registrars of Voters in the town where you live to obtain a voter registration card. You can also obtain voter registration cards from any public library, the DMV, DSS or any other voter registration agency.
2) Fill out the voter registration card and submit the card to the registrars of voters in the town in which you live either a) in person or b) by mail.
IMPORTANT EXCEPTION
If convicted of a felony and committed for confinement for a violation of Title 9 of Connecticut Election statutes, your electoral privileges cannot be restored until you have fulfilled all of the requirements set forth above and have been discharged from probation.

For more info: https://portal.ct.gov/…/…/HavaPDF/TheUltimateFreedompdf.pdf…