Bridgeport voters try again to pick mayor after 1st election tossed due to absentee ballot scandal

By SUSAN HAIGH
Associated Press

The voters of Bridgeport, Connecticut, have again voted for mayor after the result of the last election was thrown out because of allegations of absentee ballot box stuffing during a Democratic primary. With only a fraction of the expected total vote publicly reported Tuesday night, incumbent Mayor Joe Ganim declared victory over challenger John Gomes. The Associated Press has not declared a winner in the race and Gomes didn’t concede in an address to supporters. A judge ordered the election re-run after after security camera footage emerged showing at least two Ganim supporters making repeat trips to ballot collection boxes and stuffing them with papers. Ganim said he was unaware of any wrongdoing.