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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Susan Haigh

Bridgeport mayor says supporters broke law by mishandling ballots but he had nothing to do with it

Connecticut Post

The mayor of Connecticut's largest city said Tuesday that he believes his supporters broke the law while handling absentee ballots and he doesn't plan on appealing a judge's decision to toss out the results of a Democratic primary and possibly rerun the general election.

Speaking in a radio interview, Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim denied having anything to do with rule-breaking during the Sept. 12 primary, in which some backers of his campaign were recorded on surveillance videos stuffing multiple absentee ballots into outdoor collection boxes.

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