The scuffle began as a reaction to a disastrous election day in 2014.
As Hartford's city council gets ready for proceedings to remove its three elected registrars of voters, one of those registrars has filed suit in state court and asked a judge to stop the process.
In a suit her attorneys say was filed in Hartford Superior Court Friday morning, Working Families Party Registrar Urania Petit said the Hartford City Council doesn't have the legal authority -- either under state law or the city charter -- to remove her.
Petit is asking a judge to stop the proceedings the city council has planned before they start.
The city council's removal proceedings for all three registrars is scheduled to begin on April 7.
This entire scuffle began as a reaction to a disastrous election day in 2014. In Hartford, voters were turned away from the polls, polls opened late, and books of eligible voters weren't delivered on time. After the election, getting an accurate voter tally even seemed an uphill battle, as the registrars apparently had a difficult time getting along.
As the city pushes for changes at the state legislature to allow it to reform the local registrar system, the city council also decided to push for more immediate changes of its own -- getting rid of the three registrars by a vote of the city council, following what will essentially be a trial.
A lawyer for the city said he's reviewing the filings.
