Penn v. Irizarry

The plaintiff, Alvin Penn, a candidate in a primary election to determine the Democratic party candidates for the board of aldermen in the 137th alder-manic district of the city of Bridgeport, brought this action pursuant to General Statutes § 9-329a2 in order *684to challenge the outcome of that election, in which he received two votes less than one of the declared winners, the named defendant, Raphael Irizarry. The basis for his challenge is the alleged misconduct of several election officials, who also have been made defendants,3 in opening the polls twenty-five minutes later than the time…