Fred DeCaro

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Greenwich Election Workers Shown Appreciation at Well Attended Event Hosted by Registrars of Voters

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 →

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RTM Approval of $500K CTCL Grant in Jeopardy after Claims Votes Weren’t Counted

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 →

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Observers Clash with Ballot Counters; Recount of Close Greenwich BOE Vote Still a Cliffhanger

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 →

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Police Resolve Crush at GHS after Voters Can’t Find Parking

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 →

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School and Presidential Primary on Same Day? Greenwich Registrars’ Warnings

Greenwich’s two registrars urge BOE not to schedule school or professional learning the same day as a primary: Registered Sex Offenders have the right to vote, inadequate parking, difficulty policing no-campaign zones are some of the reasons. Though date is not set for next year’s presidential primary, the Board has not replied to the Registrars’ request. Continue Reading →

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