Anyone denying the drop box stuffing has to be lying since there have been so many videos and cases.
Woman allegedly seen stuffing ballot boxes in Bridgeport takes the witness stand
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WFSB) - Today is day 2 of the Bridgeport
absentee ballot hearing.
The woman at the center of the controversy, allegedly seen in a video stuffing a drop box with absentee ballots, was on the witness stand.
Wanda Geter-Pataky was called to testify about that video, but she didn’t say much.
“Did you ever deposit a completed absentee ballot that was not yours in a city drop box?” Geter-Pataky was asked.
She was questioned for 35 minutes.
Geter-Pataky, the city hall employee, vice chair of the Democratic Town Committee, and a supporter of Mayor Joe Ganim, took the fifth.
She and her attorney refused to answer questions, with nearly all of them focusing on her handling of absentee ballots.
“Have you seen the video on social media that appears to show you in front of 999 Broad Street at the drop box?” Geter-Pataky was asked. “Is that you submitting completed ballots into the drop box at 999 Broad Street?”
“Again, your honor, on behalf of my client, I will assert privilege,” her lawyer replied.
She allegedly stuffed a number of absentee ballots into a drop box or gave them to other people to do the same in the days leading up to September’s primary.
“Did you just high-five the gentleman who placed ballots into the absentee drop box?”
“Again, asserting privilege,” her attorney stated.
After the video surfaced online, democratic challenger John Gomes filed a lawsuit asking for a new primary.
Gomes won the in-person voting at the poll on primary day, but the absentees, which broke roughly 2-1 for Ganim, put the mayor over the top by 251 votes.
“It stains the political world, it stains Bridgeport, and quite frankly, it’s very sad we’re in this situation today,” said John Gomes, (D), Mayoral Challenger.
Also on the stand today was Anita Martinez, who is running for city council on the Ganim slate.
Martinez is also allegedly seen on video putting ballots in a drop box multiple times.
“I think it’s sad that election officials and campaign volunteers in the city of Bridgeport are forced to take the 5th amendment privilege against self-incrimination, I think it’s sad,” said Bill Bloss, Attorney for John Gomes.
Gomes and his legal team say when it comes to the issue of the absentee ballots, the numbers simply don’t add up.
But an attorney representing Bridgeport’s town clerk claims the video isn’t enough to overturn the election.
“It says to me this election may have had bad actors involved. I’m not saying it didn’t occur, but it’s not to a level that would disenfranchise all the thousands of voters who did it right,” said John Kennelly, Attorney for Bridgeport Town Clerk.
The hearing will pick up on Tuesday.
Mayor Joe Ganim could be called to take the stand that day.
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