Merrill Chief of Staff on Vacation With String of Poloponies.

Let the town clerks worry about it. Shannon Wegele, Secretary of the State Denise Merrill’s chief of staff, according to her email auto reply is “away from the office and not checking emails” as a crisis of incompetence grips the state’s Chief selection official. Wegele “will return on Monday, August 11 [sic].” Pssst, primary day is Tuesday, August 11th.

While 20,000 voters have not received absentee ballots and envelopes sent to some who have may disintegrate, Wegele took time to post photos from her vacation—toasting a polo match. Wegele is a West Hartford Democrat.

As for those poloponies……