Arrests five years in the making didn’t instill confidence in a speedy prosecution after a Connecticut city employee was filmed allegedly stuffing ballot boxes.

(Video Credit: Fox 61)

Last fall, a judge in the Constitution State overturned the results of the Bridgeport Democratic mayoral primary after “unprecedented” volumes of evidence, including surveillance footage, revealed partisan operatives had ballot harvested for a convicted felon, incumbent Mayor Joe Ganim (D).

Now a separate investigation stretching back to 2019 has resulted in city employee and vice-chair of the Democratic Town Committee Wanda Geter-Pataky, implicated in the ballot-stuffing video, getting slapped with four Class-D felony charges as she and three others were arrested for alleged ballot fraud.

“It’s not acceptable to me that it takes this long for justice to be served, and it makes you question how long it’s going to take to investigate and ultimately prosecute what occurred blatantly on camera last summer,” said Connecticut state Sen. Stephen Harding (R) to Fox 61.

In addition to Geter-Pataky, the arrests included city council member Alfredo Castillo alongside campaign workers Josephine Edmunds and Nilsa Heredia.

As with the “shocking” video evidence previously reported that led Superior Court Judge William Clark to declare a redo of the Sept. 2023 Democratic primary, the arrest affidavit for Geter-Pataky cited a review surveillance video along with absentee ballots and witness interviews in prompting the charges brought.

One of those interviews detailed in the affidavit had a voter who had not requested an absentee ballot explain, “Wanda came to my house” and “told me only to sign the bottom of the blank application…”

That voter further detailed, “I have done this with Wanda over the past 10 years.”

“I told her I thought I should vote in person. Wanda said no…” the voter testified.

Reacting to news of the arrests, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D), who had endorsed Ganim in his primary race, assured the press, “We’re going to hold people accountable.”

Ganim served as the mayor of Bridgeport from 1991-2003 when he was convicted of 16 federal counts that included racketeering, bribery, mail fraud, and extortion. In 2015, after serving seven years in prison, he successfully ran for mayor once more.

Questioned over that endorsement in light of the Geter-Pataky’s alleged ballot-stuffing alongside city council candidate Eneida Martinez, the governor, who signed a law Tuesday to require the State Elections Enforcement Committee to complete investigations within 90 days and mandated cameras at absentee ballot drop boxes, said, “I don’t think — look. He’s not being charged.”

Couched denials of concerns over election integrity with the caveat of no “widespread” voter fraud were among the takes slammed on social media as users remained incredulous that it took five years to bring arrests even with video evidence.

Five years to prosecute even with video evidence?

— Laura Hromanik (@HromanikLaura) June 16, 2024

So what are we going to have to do in November? Have a volunteer sit by the drop boxes in shifts? This was on video yet it took FIVE YEARS for charges

— Becky (@BeckyNKOTB) June 16, 2024

But when Republicans accused Democrats of ballot harvesting in 2020 and 2022, crickets.

— DeepState Illuminate (@TheDeep_State6) June 15, 2024

What is going to be different this year???

— LynnBoudoir (@LynnBoudoira) June 16, 2024

So what they plan to do is make a law where anyone can get an absentee ballot for any reason. Yeah that doesn’t fix anything. It makes it worse.

— AFT Agent.gum (@JJussely) June 15, 2024

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Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.

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