The mystery surrounding ballots cast for governor in Bridgeport might officially come to a rest.
The Connecticut Post plans to conduct a full and open recount of the votes from the Nov. 2 general election. This recount would serve as the first audit of the city's disputed voting totals.
The city's handing of Election Day has attracted widespread criticism.
"We think the people of Bridgeport -- and Connecticut -- deserve a clear accounting of the city's vote for governor on November 2nd," Tom Baden, the Post's editor, said. "We've asked the voter registrars and the city's attorney's office, under the provisions of the state's Freedom of Information law, to make all ballots available to us for an impartial and open recount."
A full recount could answer questions, including how many total photocopied ballots were cast and from which polling station they came and just how accurate the final report was.
Election Day problems started on Nov. 2 when most of the city's 25 polling stations ran out of ballots.
The city only ordered 21,000 paper ballots for Bridgeport's almost 70,000 registered voters.
