OP-ED: WHY THE 2026 CONNECTICUT ELECTION WILL BE FRAUDULENT

WHY THE 2026 CONNECTICUT ELECTION WILL BE FRAUDULENT

By Cort Wrotnowski

The political and legal culture for election integrity is non-existent in Connecticut.  This is said in spite of recent show trial moves by the Bridgeport election fraud crowd. The depth of the problem was exposed two years ago when an angry voter used the rules of the system for voter ID against itself.  He used a Stop & Shop coupon as ID and was allowed to vote.  There was a brief flurry in the news and it was quickly forgotten.  The reforms such an act would have normally caused were ignored.  After all, it is Connecticut and it is run by Democrats like Secretary of State Stephanie Thomas.  It is a state plagued by the likes of Wanda Geter Petaky,  John Mallozi ,Matt Waggner and others, all of whom are described below.

The state of Connecticut has largely been ignored because much larger states have much more flagrant, though no less serious election integrity problems than in Connecticut.  The pushback against all this fraud has grown significantly since 2020.  A cottage industry of highly capable leaders has emerged all around the nation.

The one who deserves special mention is Mark Cook.  He is one of the leading experts on election machines and an apostle for paper ballots only.  He has made a compelling case for why these election machines are tools of fraud.  He also leads workshops for training people to run a paper ballot counting team.

One place to start is this audio interview of Mark Cook.  He makes it very clear.  We the people continue to be lied to by both the government and private corporations.  The liars are doing everything they can to maintain fraudulent control of political power over Americans.

So long as the issues listed in Table 1 are not addressed, the fraud will continue.  We will continue to have ego tripping power maniacs synthetically elected to offices where they do not belong.  The quality of life in Connecticut will continue to decline as a result.

TABLE 1

ELECTION INTEGRITY ISSUES

ELECTION INTEGRITY ISSUES	COMMENTS
Wireless Modems in the Machines	Reassurances from Thomas are inadequate
Clean Voter Rolls	This is the first and most fundamental problem that needs to be resolved everywhere.
Voter ID	Fraud is always found when there is no voter ID.  The abuse of ERIC is another discussion.
Diagnostic Procedures Both Missing and Suspect	There is a large set of policy ideas needed to repair the state’s damaged system
Software Vulnerabilities	This requires serious analysis and discussion.
Numerous Methods for Hacking Election Machines	There is a history of many deceitful methods used to steal elections.

There is so much evidence setting forth how these election machines destroy election integrity.  Yet the major media outlets in this country continue to suppress, downplay and dismiss the evidence.  Since they are not doing their job, instead, conservative social media is the main source of the data, code and analysis that explains how the election fraud works.   

People With Nothing to Hide, Hide Nothing.

 In Mark Cook’s own words, “There is no question machines are putting out synthetic data.”  This is big enough a problem that it raises questions for the state of Connecticut as well.   He further said “They have designed a very intricate system of manipulation.”  So, it should not be surprising that investigators are being blocked by the powers that be.

Also, the laws of the state handcuff honest people.  I have criticized Stephie Thomas a lot.  But she is not the only one responsible for the terrible system we have.  The contracts with election machine vendors must be scrutinized closely.  Don’t be surprised to find there are covenants that make it impossible to uncover fraud committed by the election machine vendors.

When officials, such as Tina Peters, question the system, the officials are attacked by the very system they took an oath to protect.  The same would happen in Connecticut.  So, the official silence continues.

If there are to be any fixes, there must be tight controls tracking the chain of custody for a ballot.  For example, absentee ballots can be sent to a non-existent address may not be returned by the post office.  Instead, by some means, someone obtains these mailed ballots and uses them fraudulently.  If the signatures for certain names are removed from the voter record data base, it will more likely be counted even though it is fraudulent.  Mark Cook makes clear that these are continuing practices because there are not enough people in the right places are demand election integrity.

Connecticut?  Election Fraud? Nothing has Changed

Below is a brief list of cases involving election fraud in Connecticut.  The issue is not so much the cases as how they have been handled by the state’s “justice” system.

Mark Cook, in his interview, emphasizes that state election officials are largely pawns in a larger game controlled by vendors and other figures who still need to be identified for prosecution.

A Rogue’s Gallery of Election Fraud in Connecticut

Matthew Waggner –  The events around this person can only be described as worse than suspicious.  If you are caught tampering with voting machines without authorization, registrar or not, you belong in jail.  No discussion.  Instead, he has been let off the hook more than once by the state.  If you are caught deleting signatures and re-entering

Wanda Geter Petaky, Alfred Castillo and others – Bridgeport has developed a singular reputation as the hotbed for election fraud in Connecticut, with Stamford running a close second.  The star of the Bridgeport fraud drama is the now infamous Wanda Geter Pataky. 

Yes, she was arrested AGAIN.  There was the case from 2023.  The problem is becoming not so much her as the crowd of people around her.  The latest development was that she and Alfred Castillo have opted for a jury trial.  The Bridgeport judiciary has such a bad reputation for corruption, lawyers seek to avoid that jurisdiction.

Arlanda Brantley  - This person is an election worker in Waterbury who has been arrested for falsifying voter registration forms.  The question will be:  Who told her to do this?  It is remarkably similar to accusations against Matthew Waggner in Fairfield.

John Mallozi – Convicted of 14 counts of false statements and 14 counts of forged signatures on absentee ballots, this gentleman was also the former chairman of the Democrat Town Committee in Stamford.  Let’s just say he is an example of yet another hyper-partisan Democrat who cares nothing for the law.

Cristina Ayala  -  She is a former state representative from Bridgeport.  She was convicted and given parole for 8 counts of voter fraud in September 2015.  Others contend there were 19 counts.

Please note that these folks are officials and all Democrats.  Republicans could be involved, but all these cases are exclusively Democrats.

Bonus:  Incumbent State Representative Arrested for Stealing Opponents Yard Signs.

Second only to election fraud is the stealing of yard signs.  It is childish, but it is done constantly by Democrats of various stripes.   State representative Ann Hughes was found out because one of the signs she stole had an airtag attached to the sign.  It was tracked to her property.  She has since apologized and “taken responsibility” for her actions.  If she gets re-elected, there is no justice and no sensibility left in Connecticut.

The Search for Real Election integrity

Early voting, mail in ballots and absentee ballots remain the main tools for election fraud.  But also, the current fight over voter rolls is of critical importance.  Public awareness of how  poor election integrity is in Amercia has only started to come to broad public awareness.  History will probably show that 2018 was the start of the process of grass roots work on election integrity.  The election of 2020 brought it into sharp relief and we are learning that fraud has been embedded in the system since at least the 1990s.  Perhaps the rise of digital technology provided the means fraudsters needed to take perfect control of election information.  Whatever the reason, the call to action is the same.  More citizens need to get involved and stay involved in establishing an enduring system of election integrity in Connecticut.