VIDEO: Explaining the Bridgeport election absentee ballot scandal

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VIDEO: Explaining the Bridgeport election absentee ballot scandal

by CT Mirror Explains, CT Mirror
July 10, 2024

					<h1>VIDEO: Explaining the Bridgeport election absentee ballot scandal</h1>
<p class="byline">by CT Mirror Explains, CT Mirror <br />July 10, 2024</p>
					
<p>Audience Engagement Intern Henry Fernandez sits down with Investigative Reporter Andrew Brown to discuss the ongoing <a href="https://ctmirror.org/2023/12/17/bridgeport-mayoral-primary-election-2023/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">absentee ballot scandal in Bridgeport</a>, which involves a re-do of the 2023 Democratic mayoral primary election and <a href="https://ctmirror.org/2024/06/11/bridgeport-wanda-geter-pataky-arrested-absentee-ballot/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">charges related to the 2019</a> Democratic mayoral primary. </p>
<p>The interview is the third overall — and first long-form — episode of CT Mirror Explains on video. Going forward, CT Mirror Explains videos will be up on our website as well as our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtufJvOsGkXrhn2nH3tQWyw" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">YouTube</a> channel. If you’d like to see our prior episodes, please check out our <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ctmirror/">Instagram</a> or <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@connecticutmirror?lang=en">TikTok</a>.</p>

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Andrew Brown and Henry Fernandez sit down in CT Mirror's podcast room to discuss the ongoing election absentee ballot scandal in Bridgeport. Credit: Henry Fernandez / CT Mirror

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Audience Engagement Intern Henry Fernandez sits down with Investigative Reporter Andrew Brown to discuss the ongoing absentee ballot scandal in Bridgeport, which involves a re-do of the 2023 Democratic mayoral primary election and charges related to the 2019 Democratic mayoral primary.

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