Dominic Rapini for Secretary of the State
His outreach to the Hispanic Community is how Republicans win in November
One of the most important jobs in public service is Secretary of the State. On the August 9 primary, Connecticut Republicans should vote for Dominic Rapini.
Dominic Rapini
Most people wonder what the Secretary of the State does? Does this person negotiate with the Secretary of the State from Rhode Island to prevent Rhodes Islanders from launching a military assault on New London?
Not really. The Secretary of the State is responsible for seeing that elections in Connecticut are carried our fairly and freely and that all parties have trust in the system. As this position has been under Democratic control for decades, the opposite has happened. Ballot fraud has been rife in our larger cities while the Democratic Secretary of the State has looked the other way. During the pandemic, the Democratic Secretary of the State sent absentee ballots to every voter, a policy that can lead to ballot harvesting and voter coercion. Dom was part of a law suit that challenged this.
A former college football player, Dom charges into a room like the offensive tackle he once was. Ebullient and personable, he exudes the confidence necessary to win the general election.
Dom believes every voter should present voter ID and that absentee ballots should only be cast by those who request them. His interest in this issue was piqued when he ran for the U.S. Senate in 2018 and was shocked to learn how vague our voting laws are. He formed an organization called Fight Voter Fraud and identified irregularities in our system.
This issue has become his passion and he made the following statement when testifying to the Connecticut legislature:
“Connecticut’s voter data system lacks the proper checks and balances to properly vet each voter, particular when we allow nearly 15,000 [actually 20,000] citizens to register to vote in a single day. Recently our organization identified flaws in the EDR process [in which 5,700 people voted on November 3 but were not registered to vote for days,weeks or months later]. One flaw allowed 5 voters to allegedly vote while under the age of 18 on November 3rd and were not registered to vote until a week later. Clearly a breakdown in the vetting process.”
Dom has also been working like a dog to expand the base of the Republican Party. He has established ties with the Hispanic Community – a group ignored by Republicans for years. He participated in the Puerto Rican Day Parade in Bridgeport and is networking with the Hispanic community in Norwalk and Stamford.
As Dom puts it, “These people do not know they are Republicans yet and we are going to change that.” Due to his volunteer outreach, precincts in minority communities will have Republicans working outside the polling places on Election Day in November.
Dom is the person to see that Connecticut’s elections are fair and free. Besides, if Rhode Island ever decided to invade Connecticut, Dom would be the guy you wanted handling the situation.