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Bridgeport Democrats reelect Geter-Pataky as vice chair — 'She hasn't been found guilty of anything'
ctpost.com ^ | March 11, 2024 | Brian Lockhart

Posted on 04/07/2024 6:52:02 AM PDT by lowbridge

The city's Democratic Town Committee overwhelmingly reelected Wanda Geter-Pataky its second-in-command Monday, despite her being the focus of a trio of state and local election investigations.

"The public convicted the lady without due process," longtime chairman Mario Testa, who nominated her and was also backed for another term in charge, said in an interview afterward. "Let it take its course. Then we see where we go from there."

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An ally of Mayor Joe Ganim's, Geter-Pataky has been at the heart of an absentee ballot scandal that made national and international news and resulted in a new court-ordered mayoral primary Jan. 23 and a court-ordered Feb. 27 do-over general election. As a result she has, including Monday, repeatedly refused interviews and referred questions to her attorney, John Gulash.

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Last fall Superior Court Judge William Clark voided Ganim's slim reelection victories in the Sept. 12 Democratic primary and the Nov. 7 general election and ordered new elections in part because of leaked municipal security video footage made public in September by Ganim's chief rival, John Gomes. Gomes claimed the videos showed Ganim-backer Geter-Pataky ahead of the primary inappropriately placing multiple absentee ballots into a public drop-off box outside of the downtown government center where she works as the greeter.

Following a three day trial initiated by a lawsuit by Gomes, Clark concluded, "Wanda Geter-Pataky, directly or through another, made 10 separate drops. ... 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. The mishandling of absentee ballots by Ms. Geter-Pataky ... in violation of (state law) renders those ballots so mishandled, incapable of being validly cast and thus incapable of being counted."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: bridgeport; connecticut; electionfraud; voterfraud
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1 posted on 04/07/2024 6:52:02 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

Related articles and video

Wanda Geter-Pataky takes the Fifth in Bridgeport election lawsuit

https://ctmirror.org/2023/10/13/ct-bridgeport-election-absentee-ballots-wanda-geter-pataky/

Judge orders new Bridgeport mayoral primary after surveillance videos show possible ballot stuffing

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/judge-orders-new-bridgeport-mayoral-primary-after-surveillance-videos-show-possible-ballot-stuffing/3138308/

Lawsuit filed after candidate claims Bridgeport Primary had evidence of election fraud

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h8GZJ6L8EhY


2 posted on 04/07/2024 6:53:29 AM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: lowbridge

Democrats behaving badly.


3 posted on 04/07/2024 6:58:32 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: lowbridge

“Pataky” is a Hungarian name. Wanda is definitely not Hungarian. But there are a lot of Hungarians in Bridgeport.


4 posted on 04/07/2024 6:59:12 AM PDT by x
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To: lowbridge

Being a criminal is a resume enhancement for politicians.


5 posted on 04/07/2024 6:59:17 AM PDT by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: lowbridge

Given how they’re voting there - looks like Bridgeport could use a good, hard infusion of Abbott buses full of illegals straight from the border.

10,000 should do it - for now.


6 posted on 04/07/2024 6:59:21 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: lowbridge

She has not been convicted, just like Trump.

But the Democratic Party double standard is laid bare for all to see.


7 posted on 04/07/2024 7:04:19 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (This is the end of the Republic....because we could not keep it.)
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To: lowbridge

Weird how innocent until proven guilty means different things to different people.


8 posted on 04/07/2024 7:06:09 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: Brilliant
” Democrats behaving badly.”

No, Democrats being Democrats.

9 posted on 04/07/2024 7:20:21 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (“Who is John Galt?”)
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To: lowbridge

This woman is a beast. She makes Stacey Abrams look dainty.


10 posted on 04/07/2024 7:22:34 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a closed mind will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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To: lowbridge

Just another reminder that any vote for any Democrat, anywhere, anytime is a vote to destroy the American nation.


11 posted on 04/07/2024 7:26:48 AM PDT by allendale
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To: All

She was convicted "without due process," so gullible Democrats reelected her.

12 posted on 04/07/2024 7:28:01 AM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. )
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To: lowbridge

George Santos wasn’t found guilty of anything either, but the clueless, cowardly Gilded Old Pri*ks threw him out of Congress anyway, reducing their small majority even further.


13 posted on 04/07/2024 7:29:26 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Disband and Defund the putrid FBI. America does not need an out of control Gestapo)
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To: lowbridge

When did Bridgeport become such a hell hole?


14 posted on 04/07/2024 7:39:50 AM PDT by nwrep
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...they determined about 420 people used the drop boxes but at least 1,255 ballots were submitted.

Kind of like a beach boys song...two three girls for every boy...

15 posted on 04/07/2024 7:41:33 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Time to throw them out of the Temple...again)
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To: All

"I dint do nuffin."

16 posted on 04/07/2024 7:42:13 AM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. )
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To: lowbridge

She’s a RAT turd roller. It’s impossible to find her guilty of anything.


17 posted on 04/07/2024 7:50:34 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I can't wait until the "media" is printing headlines like, "Trump Reverses Biden-era Policy.")
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To: lowbridge

Not too far west of Bridgeport are some of the most amazing,breathtaking,residential suburbs on earth. But the city itself could easily remind one of Calcutta.


18 posted on 04/07/2024 7:58:40 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Proudly Clinging To My Guns And My Religion)
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To: lowbridge

No, you F**ing moron, the public cannot convict anyone of anything. They choose, during elections.

Press forward with the investigations and the court hearings.


19 posted on 04/07/2024 8:01:15 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo, )
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To: lowbridge

Democrats get due process, Republicans get the banana republic process.


20 posted on 04/07/2024 8:20:20 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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