The investigation would examine both the integrity of the process and determine whether fraud occurred. Senator Louis C. DeLuca, R-Woodbury, incoming Senate Republican Leader, said the legislature must take action to protect the integrity of the voting process. Town clerks across the state are justifiably angry that they were not provided with the materials they needed to handle the tremendous number of unregistered voters who demanded Presidential Ballots on Election Day. There are serious problems with the way the process was handled this year, and it must be addressed in order to prevent future problems. But an even bigger problem is the threat to the integrity of the voting process.
Every school child is taught that, in our American democracy, every vote counts.
And every vote is supposed to count only once. There is reason to fear that unintended loopholes in the process may have led to some people voting more than once. You can be sure that we will move to close those loopholes this year, said Senator DeLuca. Senator David J. Cappiello, R-Danbury, said he is alarmed by the stories he is hearing about the confusion, and the resulting potential for fraud, at polling places and town halls across Connecticut on Election Day. Not only is it critically important that we know whether and where improprieties occurred, it is equally important that we move quickly to put in place the safeguards necessary to prevent the chaos, confusion, and potential for abuse that occurred with Presidential Ballot voting at town halls across Connecticut this past Election Day.