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Warrants Link CT Mayor’s Campaign to Those Arrested in Absentee Ballot Case

BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, JUL 31 – Nine operatives linked to both mayoral campaigns face charges for illegally handling absentee ballots in a race overturned due to fraud claims, involving payments up to $8,620.

Summary by Hartford Courant
The arrest warrants filed against four Bridgeport residents this week allege that operatives on both sides of a hotly contested race for mayor illegally harvested absentee ballots ahead of the city’s 2023 Democratic primary. Three of the people charged say they were working for and paid by Mayor Joe Ganim’s campaign. The newly unsealed records allege that Robert Anderson, Elsie Mercado and Silvia Ramos illegally collected absentee ballots on beh…

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The CT Mirror broke the news in on Thursday, July 31, 2025.
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