This week, four Democratic leaders in Bridgeport, Connecticut, were arrested and accused of committing election fraud.
The voter fraud was tied to a 2019 mayoral primary race.
Bridgeport City Councilman Alfredo Castillo and Wanda Geter-Pataky, Vice Chair of the Bridgeport Democratic Party, face charges of election tampering.
Nilsa Heredia and Josephine Edmonds, two campaign workers, have been accused of election fraud and unlawfully possessing someone else’s absentee ballot.
Wanda Geter-Pataky was also charged with witness tampering, the Connecticut Mirror reported.
The Connecticut Mirror reported Wanda Geter-Pataky was also charged with witness tampering.
As reported by The Connecticut Mirror:
Connecticut prosecutors charged four Bridgeport political operatives on Tuesday with abusing the absentee balloting system during the city’s 2019 Democratic primary for mayor.
Bridgeport city councilman Alfredo Castillo and Wanda Geter-Pataky, the vice chairwoman of the city’s Democratic Party who became the face of another major election scandal last year, are among those charged.
The Connecticut Chief State’s Attorney also charged Nilsa Heredia and Josephine Edmonds, two other campaign workers who were involved in the 2019 primary between Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim and his Democratic challenger, Marilyn Moore.
It took several years to finally arrest the Democrats who engaged in election