A court can find that the votes in an election were not counted
correctly and publish the corrected count. After the votes in
the August 14 election for candidates for the 5th Assembly
District in the Connecticut House of Representatives were
counted and reported, the trial court found that there was a
mistake in the official count, and that the Democratic primary
resulted in 774 votes for Leo Canty and 774 votes for Brandon
McGee. Because the top candidates were tied, the court ordered
another election to take place on October 2. The court ordered
that municipal clerks and registrars of voters publish notice of
the new primary, on or before September 22. The court also
ordered the registrars to use their best efforts to use the same
primary officials who previously worked at the August 14
Democratic primary. Municipal officials shall order new ballots,
on or before September 24. The name of Donald Trinks, who
withdrew as a candidate, shall not appear on the ballot.
Candidates shall submit the names of unoffi