{"id":2265106,"date":"2024-06-11T15:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T19:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-leaders-arrested-on-charges-of-election-fraud-in-connecticut\/"},"modified":"2024-06-11T15:12:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T19:12:21","slug":"democratic-leaders-arrested-on-charges-of-election-fraud-in-connecticut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-leaders-arrested-on-charges-of-election-fraud-in-connecticut\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic officials in Connecticut detained on election fraud charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocratic-leaders-arrested-on-charges-of-election-fraud-in-connecticut%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2265106&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Two Democratic\u200d city officials and two \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-want-feds-to-block-miami-latinos-from-hearing-conservative-radio\/\" title=\"Democrats Want Feds To Block Miami Latinos From Hearing Conservative Radio\">campaign workers<\/a> \u2063in Bridgeport, Connecticut, have \u200cbeen arrested and \u2063charged with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-long-history-of-american-voter-fraud\/\" title=\"American voter fraud has a lengthy history.\">election fraud related<\/a> to \u2064the\u200b 2019 mayoral primary race. Those arrested include Wanda Geter-Pataky, deputy\u2062 head of the Bridgeport Democratic Town Committee; Alfredo Castillo,\u2062 a city councilman; Nilsa Heredia, a campaign worker for Mayor Joe Ganim; and Josephine Edmonds, a supporter \u2064of state Senator Marilyn Moore. The \u200bcharges stem from the misuse of\u200d absentee ballots.<\/p>\n<p>During the\u2063 primary,\u200d Joe Ganim won against Marilyn Moore by a margin of 270 absentee \u2063votes. This outcome \u2062led Moore to challenge the election results in court. Voters testified that Ganim&#8217;s campaign workers had unlawfully collected their\u200b completed absentee \u200dballots, in violation of state \u200dlaw. Additionally, irregularities were reported in the distribution and mailing of ballot \u200bapplications, some \u200cof which had improper address\u200d corrections.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these allegations and the testimony\u2062 presented, Superior\u2063 Court Judge Barry\u2063 Stevens\u2062 concluded that there was not enough evidence \u2063to overturn the \u2064election results, \u200cthough there was clear evidence of irregularities. The legal proceedings highlighted significant concerns about \u200celection \u2063integrity within local Democratic campaigns.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Two Democratic city officials and two Democratic campaign workers from Bridgeport, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/connecticut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Connecticut<\/a>, have been arrested and charged with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voter-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>election fraud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wanda Geter-Pataky, deputy head of the city\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democratic<\/a> Town Committee, city Councilman Alfredo Castillo, Nilsa Heredia, a campaigner for Mayer Joe Ganim, and Josephine Edmonds, a supporter for state Sen. Marilyn Moore, have been charged due to their misuse of absentee ballots during the 2019 mayoral primary race. <\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Ganim won his primary bid against Moore by 270 absentee votes. Moore prompted a trial challenging the election results. The five-week trial included testimony from voters who said Ganim campaign workers picked up their completed absentee ballots, which is a violation of state law. Through their testimonies, it was revealed that ballot applications were improperly distributed and mailed out with address corrections. <\/p>\n<p>Superior Court Judge Barry Stevens ruled there was not enough evidence to overturn the election results despite clear evidence that some level of fraud had occurred with the handling of absentee ballots. Five days after the trial, Ganim won his reelection bid for mayor in the general election.<\/p>\n<p>Following these allegations, the office of the secretary of state sent a letter of referral to the State Elections Enforcement Commission, which then opened up a civil investigation. The SEEC voted that there was evidence of criminal conduct and referred the case to the Division of Criminal Justice on\u00a0 June 7, 2023. The Statewide Prosecution Bureau within the office of the chief state\u2019s attorney moved forward with the referral. <\/p>\n<p>Geter-Pataky is accused of failing to sign as an assister on an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-suspicious-elections-absentee-data-from-detroit-36-of-absentee-ballots-returned-were-from-people-who-were-not-listed-as-being-sent-an-absentee-ballot\/\" title=\"More Suspicious Elections Absentee Data from Detroit: 36% of Absentee Ballots Returned Were From People Who Were Not Listed as Being Sent an Absentee Ballot\">absentee ballot application<\/a> that she had filled out on behalf of a prospective voter and misrepresenting eligibility requirements for voting by absentee ballot when she reportedly told a citizen not to vote in person and that she would pick up the citizen\u2019s absentee ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Heredia is also accused of misrepresenting eligibility requirements for voting by absentee ballot. She had instructed voters on which candidate to select on their absentee ballots, and had admitted to not submitting an absentee ballot distribution list to the city of Bridgeport clerk\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Castillo is accused of failing to maintain\u00a0an absentee ballot distribution list, misrepresenting eligibility requirements for voting by absentee ballot, and failing to sign as an assister on an absentee ballot application in August 2019. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Edmonds is accused of being present when four voters filled out their absentee ballots and took possession of them when she left their home. She is also accused of failing to maintain an absentee ballot distribution list and tampering. <\/p>\n<p>All four defendants have been released from custody with the expectation of returning to court on June 24.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four individuals from Bridgeport, Connecticut, including two city officials and two campaign workers, have been arrested on election fraud charges. Those charged are Wanda Geter-Pataky, Alfredo Castillo, Nilsa Heredia, and Josephine Edmonds, linked to high-profile Democratic campaigns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2265107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AP24023715241390-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2265106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AP24023715241390-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2265106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2265107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2265106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2265106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2265106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}