Supreme Court Hears Ballot-Line Issue

The Connecticut Supreme Court is hearing arguments on whether Republican candidates should get the top line on the state's November ballot.

The Republican Party filed a lawsuit last month saying its candidates should be on top because its candidate for governor in 2010 got more Republican votes than now-Gov. Dannel P. Malloy received from Democrats.

Republican Tom Foley received 560,874 votes, while Malloy received 540,970 as a Democrat and 26,308 as a Working Families Party candidate.

Secretary of the State Denise Merrill has said the Working Families Party did not have minor party status in 2010, so the top line goes to Malloy's party. Merrill said the decision was based on a long precedent.

Top contested elections this year are an open U.S Senate seat and an open U.S. House seat.   
 

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