Supreme Court Unanimously Restores GOP to Top Line on the 2012 Ballot!

The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that the Republican Party will be on the top line on November’s ballot. As a result all state legislative candidates will　be on the top line of the ballot on November 6.

State Senate Minority Leader John McKinney (R-Fairfield) said, "We are pleased with the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling and excited to have Republican candidates at the top of the ballot for the coming election as they deserve to be. I’m disappointed that the Secretary of State’s Office and the Office of the Attorney General chose to defend partisan political interests rather than meet out the public responsibilities of their office. Our attorneys did an excellent job of arguing our case and I want to say a special thank you to State Senator Len Fasano, my right hand in the Senate Republican office for the past five years and the first person to identify the mistake that was made with the ordering of the ballots in 2011 and the mistake the Secretary of the State’s Office was about to repeat in 2012."

State Senator Len Fasano (R-North Haven) said, "The Supreme Court unanimously agreed with our reading of Connecticut statutes and has rightfully restored the Republican Party to the top position on this year’s ballot. While I wish the Secretary of State’s Office and Office of the Attorney General had conceded their error prior to the court proceedings, I’m pleased that we ultimately got to the correct result."