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Elicker’s results didn’t surprise board member McClain.
More than half of New Haven’s white voters considered public-financing important in the recent mayoral election. More than half of black and Latino voters didn’t.
Continue reading ‘White Voters Cared More About Public Financing’
by | Nov 22, 2013 9:05 am | Comments (5)
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Streater: Miss Brenda “mailed it out for me.”
When state investigators look into the latest charges of absentee ballot abuse in New Haven, they might want to knock on Idella Streater’s door — and then visit her next-door neighbor, “Miss Brenda.”
by | Nov 15, 2013 4:12 pm | Comments (16)
A last-minute limo ride to the polls on Election Day has potentially landed a West Hills drug- and alcohol-treatment center in trouble with two state agencies.
by | Nov 8, 2013 3:29 pm | Comments (17)
Claire Simonich (pictured), a first-year law student at Yale, sent in this essay about voting on Tuesday for the first time in New Haven.
by | Nov 7, 2013 2:14 pm | Comments (62)
At first glance, the final results of Tuesday’s mayoral election looked strikingly similar to those of the 2011 mayoral election: A tight race with a 45/55 citywide vote split. A deeper look at the numbers reveals that New Haven neighborhoods were far more polarized this time.
by | Nov 6, 2013 5:50 pm | Comments (23)
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Holder-Winfield: Ready to run.
Just when you thought the campaign season had ended, jockeying has begun for an expected upcoming special election — for state Senate.
by | Nov 6, 2013 12:41 pm | Comments (4)
Yul Watley headed downtown in a limo full of 12 women. They weren’t going to party. They were going to vote.
Continue reading ‘This Stretch Limo Carries Last-Minute Voters’
by | Nov 6, 2013 10:05 am | Comments (13)
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Anniya Beam, 8, sticks an “I Voted” sticker onto Doris E. Blackmon.
“Auntie Doris” remembers when her mother was barred from even voting. Tuesday she led young students on a civics lesson at the polls to watch her not only cast her ballot — but do so for the city’s first black female mayor.
Continue reading ‘For Many Black Women, Harp’s Win Is Theirs, Too’
by | Nov 6, 2013 12:29 am | Comments (3)
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Ross supporters sat on the bleachers as a crowd congregated around Greenberg awaiting election results.
When the numbers were read, 465 – 249, a supporter hoisted alderman-elect Aaron Greenberg over his shoulders, fireman-style. A whooping cheer went up from the dozens of supporters who gathered in the gym of the Conte/West Hills school to hear the results of the Ward 8 aldermanic election, in which Greenberg trumped independent Andy Ross.
Continue reading ‘Labor Beats Independent In Wooster Square’
by , and | Nov 5, 2013 9:39 pm | Comments (36)
For the first time in New Haven’s 375-year history, “Hizzoner” is about to become “Her Honor.”
That’s because voters Tuesday elected Toni Harp as their next mayor — the first woman ever to win the job.
by | Nov 5, 2013 8:50 pm | Comments (0)
Above are the final election results for Tuesday’s mayoral election.
by | Nov 5, 2013 5:03 pm | Comments (2)
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Edgweood students Roger Baldwin, Sinead Donnelly, and Kira Turlington moderate the soup station.
Part way through Election Day, the white bean chili and Georgia-Hot, shrimp & rice soup were battling for first place in the hotly contested election for top parent-baked soup.
Continue reading ‘Voters Choose Among Crowded Culinary Field’
by | Nov 5, 2013 3:07 pm | Comments (14)
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Toni Harp smiled Tuesday.
by | Nov 5, 2013 2:20 pm | Comments (5)
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David Hudson, 27, registers to vote and casts his ballot in one sitting with moderator Kevin Arnold.
Updated: 10:07 pm. When 31-year-old Judia Phillips officially became a United States citizen five days ago, the judge gave her another piece of news: she would also be able to vote in the next election. Thanks to a new law, she was able to sign up to do that at the last moment.
by | Nov 5, 2013 11:58 am | Comments (9)
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Elicker chats with Magnolia and owners Billie & David Ladd.
Justin Elicker woke up on election day morning to a real-life bad dream: At least 10 Toni Harp campaign signs arrayed on his front lawn.
Continue reading ‘Elicker’s Day Starts With A Rude Awakening’
by | Nov 5, 2013 9:03 am | Comments (6)
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Registrar of voters staff hard at work preparing for election.
First new mayor in 20 years: Check. Changes to the city’s foundational document: Check. Clerk & aldermanic races: Check.
New Haven votes on those matters Tuesday. Here’s the rest of the checklist:
by | Nov 4, 2013 6:39 pm | Comments (1)
On Tuesday, for the first time ever, citizens can register to vote and cast ballots on the same day.
by | Nov 4, 2013 6:03 pm | Comments (27)
Perry: We’d never give out the mailing list.
Apparently sagging in support among Jewish voters, Toni Harp’s mayoral campaign mass-mailed a last-ditch appeal — and may have stirred up more tsuris for itself in the process.
The mass mailing went to members of the Greater New Haven Jewish Federation.
Now the federation wants to know how the campaign got all the addresses and the mailing labels.
by | Nov 4, 2013 1:00 pm | Comments (14)
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Second of 2 parts about mayoral campaign issues.
We interrupt the regularly scheduled campaign mud-slinging and character assassination for a public-service bulletin: The candidates for mayor in Tuesday’s election have a whole bunch of detailed suggestions for how to make schools work better, buses run more often, food-related small businesses get started, and City Hall operate smarter.
Continue reading ‘Candidates’ Ideas Could Transform New Haven’
by | Nov 3, 2013 11:30 am | Comments (37)
She surrounds herself with unsavory characters and has family members who owe taxes. He takes “bundles” of donations just like everyone else and poses sexist questions.
by | Nov 1, 2013 4:32 pm | Comments (4)
Justin Elicker went as Santa. Toni Harp posed as a “Girl on Fire.”
by | Nov 1, 2013 12:10 pm | Comments (36)
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Smart’s opponents, Justin Elicker and Ron Smith, discussed the issue at Farnam Courts Friday.
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Smart at the clerk’s office in May filing to seek the job.
New Haven’s fifth absentee-ballot fraud scandal in four years landed on the state elections-enforcement desk Friday — this time centering on a candidate seeking to become the top city official in charge of … handling absentee ballots.
Continue reading ‘Smart At Center Of Absentee Ballot Scandal’
by | Nov 1, 2013 8:00 am | Comments (6)
In the weeks leading up to next Tuesday’s election, AFSCME spent $28,000 on mailings and web ads in support of Toni Harp’s mayoral campaign.
by | Oct 31, 2013 4:15 pm | Comments (5)
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Standing before the backdrop of a fuel-cell-powered downtown tower, mayoral candidate Toni Harp vowed to continue the city’s emerging green transportation agenda — and vowed to make Long Wharf the next frontier.
by | Oct 31, 2013 12:23 pm | Comments (13)
A last-minute Westville aldermanic candidate proposed a fix for New Haven’s street violence: take more young people to the gun range, and help them get more guns.
Continue reading ‘Libertarian Candidate Calls For More Guns’