“These things do happen on occasion. There may even be a few more of them this year. While we don’t have a huge number of them, in Stamford where they have 20 districts, 17 of their Democratic districts are having primaries next week on the same day Greenwich will have their five RTC primaries.” – Greenwich Republican Registrar of Voters, Fred DeCaro Continue Reading →
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Greenwich Election Workers Shown Appreciation at Well Attended Event Hosted by Registrars of Voters
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Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas attend the event. She said this past Tuesday a snow storm coincided with 3 special elections and she was concerned about getting poll workers to their locations. “In West Hartford, for example, they had to partner with the Dept of Public Works and have plows go pick up the poll workers to get them there on time.” Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Fred DeCaro, Hector Arzeno, Jackie Budkins, Mary Hegarty, Rachel Khanna, Ryan Fazio, Stephanie Thomas
RTM Approval of $500K CTCL Grant in Jeopardy after Claims Votes Weren’t Counted
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The vote to approve the grant passed with a total of 210 votes – 104 in favor, 101 against and 5 abstentions.
After the announcement of the vote, there was a bit of a kerfuffle and members interrupted the moderator during discussion of item 11 to say some people believed their votes had not been counted. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, ADL, Aiden Wasserman, Alexis Voulgaris, Andrew Winston, Anthony Moor, Anti-Defamation League, Barbara Shellenberg
Observers Clash with Ballot Counters; Recount of Close Greenwich BOE Vote Still a Cliffhanger
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The Democratic Registrar of Voters read aloud a paragraph from the Recanvass Procedure Manual to “observers” during the recount about intimidating the moderator “who shall make the final decision regarding the intent of the voter.” Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Board of Education, Cody Kittle, Dan Quigley, Fred DeCaro, Greenwich Police Dept, Jackie Homan, Kara Philbin
RTC Selects Nominees for November Municipal Elections
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All votes were unanimously in favor of candidates recommended by the executive committee. An exception was for the job of town clerk. There were three candidates: Karen Fassuliotis, Fred DeCaro and Jackie Budkins. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Charles Thivierge, Claire Muldoon, Cody Kittle, Dan Quigley, Donna Maloney, Fred Camillo, Fred DeCaro
Town Clerk Candidate Fred DeCaro Announces Endorsements From Two Former Leaders of Real Estate Community
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Real estate transactions are a significant portion of the land records maintained by the Town Clerk Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Letter to the Editor, Diane Ivey, Fred DeCaro, town clerk, Tracy Chester
Republican Registrar of Voters Seeks RTC Endorsement to Run for Greenwich Town Clerk
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DeCaro, who has an endorsement from the longtime RTM moderator Tom Byrne, said if asked he would participate in a candidate debate. The Democratic candidate is Molly Saleeby. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Carmella Budkins, Fred DeCaro, town clerk
Police Resolve Crush at GHS after Voters Can’t Find Parking
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Voters at District 7 polling place at GHS get crushed for parking Tuesday morning. Police resolved the problem by about 10:00am. One voter said it took a half hour to turn onto Hillside and a half hour to turn into the jam packed parking lot. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Denise Merrill, Fred DeCaro, Greenwich High School, Greenwich Police Captain James Heavey, Greenwich Police Captain Kraig Gray, Hillside Road, Registrar of Voters
Post Election: Is Greenwich a model for CT towns, or candidate for “election results hall of shame”?
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A scathing editorial in the Hartford Courant calls Greenwich out for not using the optional (for now) real time electronic reporting through the secretary of state. Republican Registrar of voters Fred DeCaro said the existing method is more timely. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, BET, election, Fred DeCaro, municipal election 2017
Behind the Scenes Exclusive: Registrar of Voters Prepares for Nov 4
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On Friday the Town’s registrars of voters prepared the voting machines for the Nov. 4 vote. Recently, thousands of ballots were reprinted when Marc Abrams withdrew from his race for State Rep against Livvy Floren. Exclusive with Fred DeCaro. Continue Reading →