Why are Connecticut Democrats Fighting So Hard Against Cleaning Up Voter Rolls?
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In a major setback for election transparency, a federal judge in Bridgeport has dismissed a U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) lawsuit against Connecticut.
The DOJ had sought a complete, unredacted copy of the state’s voter registration list to verify that officials are properly maintaining accurate rolls and identifying ineligible or noncitizen registrations. U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley dismissed the case, ruling that the specific federal statute used did not give the DOJ the authority to compel the state to hand over the data
Sensitive Information or Obfuscation?
Connecticut’s top Democratic officials immediately took a victory lap, framing the common-sense oversight as a hostile partisan attack.
Democrat CT Attorney General William Tong said in his Facebook post: “This lawsuit was an illegal attempt to disenfranchise Connecticut voters and today, the court shut it down. The Constitution is clear: the President does not control our elections and has no right to manipulate Connecticut voter rolls. Connecticut follows federal law and takes its obligations under federal law very seriously. We will not be bullied into handing over sensitive voter information just because Trump demands it,”
U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, D-4th District who represents Southwest CT including towns such as Stamford, Norwalk, Bridgeport, and his own hometown of Greenwich, reported by the CT Mirror and WFSB 3 "I try to be nuanced and subtle but there's no other word than to say that the president lied to the American public, bald-faced, 180-degrees wrong, easily disprovable lies," Himes told reporters. "He started by saying our elections were corrupt. They are not. Our elections are safe and secure." Himes added that noncitizen voting is rare and asserted that he has seen "zero evidence that any foreign power interfered in U.S. elections," downplaying the need for heightened federal scrutiny.
The Reality on the Ground: Connecticut's Local Election Scandals
While state Democrats insist our elections are perfectly "safe and secure", social media platforms and local watchdog groups are fiercely criticizing this resistance. The public skepticism is entirely justified when you look at the actual data and recent history on the ground in Connecticut.
Bridgeport Ballot-Stuffing Scandal: Bridgeport Democratic official Wanda Geter-Pataky—along with three others—was formally charged with systemic unlawful handling of absentee ballots and ballot-stuffing. The fraud was so egregious that a state judge was forced to throw out the initial results of the 2023 Democratic mayoral primary and order a brand-new election.
Stamford Absentee Ballot Arrest: Just down the road in the very same Himes' district, Stamford’s Democratic Party chief, John Mallozzi, and local party infrastructure faced intense legal scrutiny and criminal charges following a state investigation into the forging and illegal manipulating of absentee ballots.
Update: A press conference was held on July 20 by Governor Lamont and his Democratic colleagues to address the many questions being raised. The good news is that they are responding to the pressure. The bad news is they are digging in their heels even further against the Trump administrations's efforts to clean up the voter rolls.
Between the Lines: Public frustration continues to mount on social media, with citizens pointing out the glaring double standard of a ruling party that demands total transparency from its citizens but goes to federal court to block transparency for its voter registration process.