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33 L i n d e n P l a c eH a r t f o r d , Connecticut 06106

Post Office Box 261775 (""*> 549-3928HanfcrO, Connecticut IM > 126-177S F** (860) 524-S238

January 28,2010FOR HAND DELIVERY .Ms. Olga I. VazquezHartford Democratic Registrar ofVotersCity Hall550 Main StreetHartford, Connecticut 06103

re: Fifth Assembly District Democratic Primary PetitionsDear Ms.Vazquez:

I am writing to you on behalf of my clients, the Fifth Assembly District candidatesknown as.-"Democrats For A New Direction" with the lead name of candidate Mamie Bell,169 Cleveland Avenue, Hartford, 06120 and including among its candidates Hon. MarieLopez Kirkley-Bey, State Representative, of 39 Ashley Street, Hartford 06105.

As I understand the facts concerning the circulation ofpetitions for the 2010 HartfordDemocratic Town Committee primary, there has been a petition presented by my clients toyour office containing more man the required 323 signatures of electors within the fifthassembly district, that said petition was filed prior to the January 27th 4:00 p.m. deadline, andthat each and every separate sheet of such petition has been signed by the circulator of thepage, that each circulator was an enrolled party member of the Democratic Party of the Cityof Hartford and entitled to vote, that each separate page of the petition contained a statementas to the authenticity of the signatures thereon and the number of said signatures and thateach page was signed by the circulator thereof under the penalties of false statement andcontained the circulator's address in the town (i.e. Hartford) in which the circulator is anenrolled party member. Furthermore, I have been advised that each separate sheet of suchpetition was acknowledged before an appropriate person as provided in Section 1-29of ourstatutes, namely each circulated petition has been notarized by a judge, a magistrate, a courtclerk or deputy court clerk, a town clerk, a notarypublic,ajustice of the peace or an attorneyadmitted to the bar of the State of Connecticut.

On the other hand, I have been advised by my clients that a petition wascirculated byanother group of fifth assembly district enrolled Democrats including yourself (henceforthreferred to as the "The Olga I. Vazquez Slate"), for them to be placed on the ballot asDemocratic Town Committee candidates but that all of their petition pages contained a totalof only 288 signatures. Furthermore, I have been advised by my client that none of The OlgaVazquez Slate petition pages has been signed by the circulator andnone of themhas been

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Albert P. Lenge, Esq.Executive Director/General CounselState Elections Enforcement Commission18-20 Trinity Street, Suite 101Hartford, Connecticut 06106Mr. John Bazzano, Town ClerkCity of Hartford550 Main StreetHartford, Connecticut 06103John Rose, Jr., Esq.Corporation CounselCity of Hartford550Main StreetHartford, Connecticut 06103

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