Tribunal investigates Ward 22 endorsement
Result could overturn decades of election precedent
HARTFORD — Years of tradition governing New Haven’s unique ward structure were in jeopardy on Thursday, 45 miles away in Hartford.
Before a specially appointed tribunal in the Connecticut Democratic Party’s State Central headquarters, Cordelia Thorpe formally challenged the Democrats’ endorsement of Gregory Morehead in last week’s Ward 22 aldermanic election. But what began last month as a protest over a relatively minor point became a debate over whether the aldermanic endorsement procedure outlined in town party rules — a procedure that has ruled city elections for years — should...
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