Saying Wayne Cooke acted “incredibly foolishly,” but not necessarily criminally, a state prosecutor yesterday agreed not to pursue reckless endangerment charges stemming from Cooke’s decision to smear chemically harmful bird gel on a score of political signs he had purchased and put up around Branford.

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Less than 24 hours after the 2011 municipal Elections, the Republican Party is trying to change Tuesday’s narrative to say preliminary tallies show that it made more gains than losses. But Democrats say they’re using “fuzzy math.” 

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Tags: republican, Democrats, municipality, local election, Tuesday, Malloy, state party

Citing the success of campaigning directly to the voters, Democratic challenger Daniel T. Drew unseated Middletown’s Republican Mayor Sebastian N. Guiliano by 645 votes Tuesday.

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Tags: middletown, mayor, Malloy, Chris Healy, election, 2011, Geoff Luxenberg, Democrats, Republicans, Ellen R. Delisio

Early Election results showed Democratic candidates making big gains in Tuesday’s election, knocking out Republican incumbents and in some instances winning open seats vacated by Republicans.

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Tags: Bristol, New Britain, Middletown, Waterbury, Connecticut, Democrat, Republican, election, election day 2011, vote

There were no problems to report at the polls today, but late this afternoon voter turnout varied widely across the state, according to the Secretary of the State’s office.

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(Updated 4:17 p.m.)Are you having a problem at your polling place? You can keep your neighbors and key public officials informed about voting irregularities by publicly documenting them in real time here with SeeClickFix and CTNewsJunkie. The map below is designed to help you report problems experienced during voting. It is not a way to report life-threatening emergencies — just problems casting your ballot.

Click on “Report an Issue” and drag the marker to the rough location of your polling place in your town, and then click “Report Here” to fill out the form. The address does not need to be exact, but be sure to list the name of your polling place in your report.

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Tags: election, election 2011, poll, polls, polling places, ballots, vote, votes

(Updated 10:10 p.m.) Of the 11 towns hardest hit by the October Nor‘Easter all but one of them are planning to go forward with Tuesday‘s municipal Election, while 10 of them will be moving or consolidating their polling locations.

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Tags: elected official, municipal, Secretary of the State, voting, polling

With less than a day before municipal elections, registrars of voters across the state scrambled Monday morning to ensure elections could be held successfully, despite close to 60,000 Connecticut Light & Power customers remaining without power.

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Tags: October Nor'easter, Elections 2011, registrars, Hugh McQuaid

Despite the near blackout of 31 cities and towns in north central Connecticut, tomorrow’s municipal elections are moving forward. Voters have until noon today to register to vote and polling places across the state will open at 6 a.m. Tuesday.

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On a typical election day the Secretary of the State’s office receives between 3,000 and 5,000 phone calls from voters looking for their polling place. This year Secretary of the State Denise Merrill is hoping a new online and mobile gadget will help cut down on the calls.

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Tags: vote, registrar, 2011 election, democracy, gadget, voter turnout