State Republican lawmakers push for election security reform [Video]

HARTFORD, Conn. — With polls for the Presidential Primary in Connecticut opening in a few hours, state Republicans are sounding the alarm on election security. 

“We’re here because we are concerned about the integrity of our elections, period,” said state Sen. Rob Sampson, ranking member on the Government Administration & Elections (GAE) Committee. 

Republican legislators said majority Democrats have not done enough to increase election security, especially in wake of allegations of voter fraud in Bridgeport last September.   

They are reintroducing five measures that they say would tackle voter fraud at the source. 

“The Democrats that we serve with here in Hartford have failed to take the issue seriously enough and put the proper protocols and policies in place to fix it,” Sampson said.  

Republicans want to update voter rolls, prohibit unsolicited …