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A judge has ordered a new Democratic mayoral primary in Bridgeport, Connecticut, after surveillance videos showed city officials mishandling and improperly placing numerous ballots into a drop box, violating state election law.
The judge ruled that the counting of these mishandled ballots was a mistake, making it impossible to determine the true result of the primary.
The city employee and former councilwoman involved were seen actively placing ballots into the box and handling stacks of ballots.
Let's take a moment to appreciate the Bridgeport, CT parrallels to 2020:
2020: Unprecedented number of mail in ballots
2023 CT: Unprecedented number of mail in ballots2020: Video evidence of ballot stuffing
2023 CT: Video evidence of ballot stuffing2020: Extensive use of… pic.twitter.com/t6uM26m49d
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) November 2, 2023
The judge labeled their actions as conscious acts with a partisan purpose.
“Therefore, the counting of any ballots that were mishandled in violation of state law and placed into drop boxes by Ms. Geter-Pataky, Ms. Martinez, and others, was a mistake in the vote count. Given the volume of votes at issue, the miscounting of those statutorily invalid votes leaves this court unable to determine the result of the primary,” the judge wrote.
“These instances do not appear to be random. They appear to be conscious acts with a partisan purpose that violates the mandatory requirements of how absentee ballots are supposed to be handled or delivered,” Clark said.
A judge throws out the results of the Bridgeport, Connecticut mayoral race due to ballot box stuffing by city employees and others. If this is enough evidence to throw out this election, then Dinesh D’Souza’s @DineshDSouza 2000 Mules should be enough to throw out the fraudulent… pic.twitter.com/F9C76X3e2W
— • ᗰISᑕᕼIᗴᖴ ™ • (@4Mischief) November 3, 2023
If the challenger wins in the upcoming general election, the new primary would be unnecessary, but if the incumbent wins, another Democratic primary would be held.
“Our campaign always believed that the integrity of our democratic process must be upheld and Superior Court Judge William Clark agreed,” candidate John Gomes stated.
Connecticut Secretary of State and Republican leaders supported the court’s decision, emphasizing the need to protect the integrity of elections.
“We’re pleased Judge Clark is protecting the integrity of our elections by ordering a new Primary Election,” Secretary of State Stephanie Thomas said. “Per the Court’s decision, the Secretary of the State’s office will confer with the mayoral candidate campaigns, elections officials in Bridgeport, and other officials to determine the date of the new Primary within 10 days.”
“These videos confirm our fears about how absentee ballots can be misused. Now the court has spoken,” Senate Minority Leader Kevin Kelly said. “What we need now is trust, faith and confidence in our electoral system.”
A judge in Connecticut just overturned an election over a video showing 2 people stuffing ballot boxes
Trump was arrested in Georgia for trying to make this happen in 2020
This is a video from Georgia in 2020 after poll watchers were forced out over a mysterious “water pipe… pic.twitter.com/NzJYvtoAkU
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 2, 2023
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