by Sharon Rondeau
(Sep. 27, 2026) — In late 2022, Connecticut-based Fight Voter Fraud, a non-profit founded in 2018 by Linda Synkowicz, began researching the responsibilities and obligations of Connecticut’s registrars of voters to determine if the individuals in those positions were complying with state election statutes mandating training, canvassing and updating voter rolls on a timely basis.
Fight Voter Fraud reached national prominence following its receipt of hundreds of reports from across the country, including video evidence, of alleged widespread malfeasance in the 2020 election. The Post & Email reported the group’s earlier efforts in that regard and others here.
On Wednesday FVF issued a press release announcing a complaint filed with the Connecticut State Election Enforcement Commission (SEEC) alleging “systemic failures by municipal Registrars of Voters across all 169 Connecticut towns to comply with state and federal voter list-maintenance requirements.”
“…The complainant, Fight Voter Fraud, Inc. (“FVF, Inc.”) alleges that the pattern described in the complaint constitutes wilful and material neglect of duty within the meaning of § 9-190c, which permits action where ‘a registrar of voters has engaged in misconduct, wilful and material neglect of duty or incompetence in the conduct of such registrar’s office,” FVF wrote.
By state law, each of Connecticut’s 169 towns must employ a Republican and a Democrat registrar of voters, whether elected or appointed. As with Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Connecticut does not utilize county-level government.
Synkowicz told The Post & Email she hand-delivered on Tuesday the ten-page notarized complaint, which contains 23 additional pages of exhibits, to the SEEC in Hartford alleging that registrars are often in violation of not only state statutes, but also the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) and the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) based on evidence FVF gathered through FOIA requests and other lawful means.
The complaint expands upon FVF’s February 2025 report presenting its town-by-town findings demonstrating a substantial number of registrars’ apparent failure to obtain required time-limited training, conduct voter canvassing and remove inactive, deceased or relocated voters from the rolls as mandated by state law, much of which is mirrored in the federal statutes cited above.
Last year’s report reflects that in 2024, 49 out of 169 towns failed to respond to FVF’s FOIA requests for registrar information (Exhibit “F,” page 2) within a 60-day time frame.
On July 2, 2025, the Commission responded to FVF that it “voted” against opening an investigation (p. 31 of 33) into the complaint’s allegations without providing a reason.
Is the Secretary Performing Her Duties?
In June 2025, FVF filed a formal complaint with the SEEC requesting an investigation into Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas “for violations of her sworn oath of office as an elected official and violations under CT Ethics, as well as violating the federal National Voter Registration Act 1993 (NVRA)…The willful ignoring of her sworn duty to oversee Registrar of Voters and their violation of numerous CT State Statutes related to their elected positions.”
The complaint states that numerous state entities, political officials, every member of the Connecticut legislature and the registrars themselves received certified letters informing them of the transgressions FVF identified to that date.
In a June 24, 2024 letter, Thomas acknowledged a mailing from FVF containing “a letter, binder, and thumb drive…that purports to contain 4,897 electors who are alleged to have more than one voter registration and/or voted more than once in the same election, in violation of state and federal law” and a request that her office investigate FVF’s allegations.
In her response to FVF, Thomas contended that “the Registrars of Voters in each town are exclusively responsible for the data in the system for the electors in their town…” (Exhibit D, p. 1) and “the Office of the Secretary of the State does not have the authority under Connecticut law to investigate allegations such as the ones contained” in FVF’s informational package.
Purview over a potential probe, Thomas said, “is exclusively granted to the State Election Enforcement Commission…As such, we have referred your allegations and corresponding data to that Commission.”
Thomas’s biography states that she “has led a sweeping modernization of Connecticut’s elections, including securing a historic $20 million investment for the purchase of new voting tabulators and successfully implementing early in-person voting. Collaborating with federal, state, and local partners, she has also advanced election security by providing training, guidance, and resources to Registrars and other local election officials. Following Connecticut voters’ 2024 approval of a constitutional amendment expanding absentee voting access, Secretary Thomas and her office are overseeing the implementation of universal absentee voting statewide beginning in 2026. Under her leadership, Connecticut has established an even stronger foundation as a state that runs transparent, bipartisan elections grounded in public trust.”
Further, the website claims:
Her leadership has also elevated her voice on the national stage. In 2025, she was invited to testify before Congress on voter access and election security, where she highlighted Connecticut’s approach as a model for balancing access with integrity. She serves on the Executive Board of the National Association of Secretaries of State and has been a leading voice in national conversations on election administration, cybersecurity, and the role of local election officials in safeguarding the voting process. She is frequently sought out by the media to explain complex election issues in clear, practical terms and to translate how policy decisions will impact voters’ everyday experiences.
Known for her collaborative, nonpartisan approach, Secretary Thomas works closely with Connecticut’s 169 municipalities — where bipartisan local officials administer elections — to ensure consistency, security, and accountability across the state. She has emphasized training, real-time support, and strong state-local partnerships as the foundation of a resilient election system, while also championing civic education as essential to sustaining public trust.
FVF’s most recent complaint draws its information from the Connecticut Centralized Voter Registration System (CVRS), which is not available to the public but can be purchased from the Secretary of the State’s office.
On Friday afternoon The Post & Email inquired of the SEEC as to when it might respond to FVF’s latest set of claims but did not receive a response prior to press time.
Page 32 of the complaint includes a September 21, 2026 letter to Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon in which Synkowicz asked that Dhillon investigate FVF’s findings:
“Because 52 U.S.C. § 20510(a) authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action for declaratory or injunctive relief to enforce the National Voter Registration Act, and because the Civil Rights Division’s Voting Section is, to my understanding, the component responsible for that enforcement work, I respectfully request that the Division review the enclosed materials and determine whether an independent federal inquiry into Connecticut’s voter list maintenance practices is warranted, whether directed at particular municipalities or at the Secretary of the State’s statewide oversight of the Centralized Voter Registration System.”
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