OLD LYME — It was one of the most hotly-contested local elections in the state, but not everyone’s ballot was counted.
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy voted by absentee ballot in the Nov. 5 election, but his vote was not counted because — unbeknownst to the senator — his name had been moved to the inactive voter list.
Shortly after his election to the U.S. Senate, Murphy, and his wife, Cathy Holahan, and their two young sons moved to Washington, D.C. Murphy has said the move was prompted by a desire to spend as much time as possible with his family.
After selling his home in Cheshire more quickly than anticipated in September, Murphy registered to vote in Old Lyme where his parents own a beach home. He said his family is no longer living there since the home is not winterized.
Cathy Carter the Republican Registrar of Voters in Old Lyme said Monday they sent Murphy a notice asking him to confirm his voter application after he registered to vote in September, but the notice was returned by the U.S. Postal Service and there was no phone number or contact information on the card.
There is a space on the voter registration card to indicate you want communications from the registrars to be sent to another address.
Carter held up a folder at least three inches thick of voters who were moved to the inactive voter list this year for failing to respond to the notice.
“We’re a mostly seasonal community,” Carter said. “And there was a lot of interest in this election.”
Voter turnout was 56% and Republicans swept all the seats on the council and the board of education.
“It’s discouraging my vote didn’t end up counting,” Murphy said Monday in a phone interview.
...from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/No-longer-a-CT-resident-Sen-Murphy-s-election-14863503.php
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