Democrats Honor Merrill and Bridgeport Absentee Ballot Collector at Ella Grasso Brunch.

It may be an awkward Sunday at the Aqua Turf Club. Democrats will gather to for the 2019 Ella T. Grasso Women’s Leadership Brunch. They’ll honor a Grasso successor, Secretary of the State Denise Merrill.

Bridgeport Democrat Wanda Geter-Pataky is another honoree. There may be some awkward moments. Geter-Pataky has been credited as a leader of the team that provided the disputed absentee ballots that gave Joe Ganim his narrow margin of victory over state Senator Marilyn Moore in the city’s September 10th primary. Merrill has joined in calls for an investigation of the casting of the absentee ballots in the Bridgeport race.

By her own account at this summer’s town committee nominating meeting, Geter-Pataky has become a Ganim ally after supporting his opponent four years ago.

That alliance proved crucial for Ganim on September 10th, according to OnlyInBridgeport.com.

More here on the investigation by the CT Post into dubious ballots.