Connecticut’s Supreme Court declined Friday to overturn a lower court ruling striking a group of municipal Independent Party candidates from the ballot in Danbury, where two factions have submitted competing candidate slates.
The lawsuit was brought by Danbury Democrats led by Mayoral candidate Roberto Alves, against Danbury Mayor Dean Esposito, Town Clerk Jan Giegler and other Republican leaders. On Friday (10/13/23) CT News Junkie published an article that read:
Connecticut’s Supreme Court will hear arguments Friday in an ongoing dispute between factions of the Independent Party in Danbury, where competing slates of candidates are contesting who should appear on the third party’s ballot line in next month’s election.
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A Superior Court judge ordered Danbury election officials Thursday to remove a group of candidates from the city’s Independent Party ballot line in a case involving two competing slates of candidates vying for the minor party’s cross endorsement.