SEEC Postpones Giuliano's Appointment Vote

The state Elections Enforcement Commission has postponed its vote on the appointment of Sebastian N. Giuliano to executive director, says press contact Joshua Foley.

At what he described as a "very terse meeting," Foley said the commissioners stated they would not take up the matter today and offered no explanation and no time when they will vote.

The SEEC meets monthly, but occassionally calls special meetings, Foley said, to approve grants or other business.

On Tuesday, student Paulina C. Jones-Torregrosa filed a alleging that as mayor, Giuliano violated state elections laws in an attempt to refrain Wesleyan students from exercising their constitutional right to vote.

Also Tuesday, a protester planned by Wesleyan students in Hartford to express their anger over the hiring of the former Middletown mayor as executive director.

The only , held outside the offices of the commission on a cold, wet and dreary afternoon, was Mansoor Alam, a spokesman for the students who planned the picket. The class of 2015 freshman who drove from his home in Cheshire held a hand-lettered cardboard sign saying, "Seb Elect Enf Com?"

"The complaint will be taken up by the commission to see if it's necessary to investigate," Foley said, "if it alleges something within our jurisdiction."

If the complaint is looked into, it will be placed on the docket and assigned to an attorney and investigator, Foley said.

Complaints are not uncommon for the SEEC, Foley said. "We get lots of them. Today's meeting agenda had more than a dozen. Before the public financing program, complaints were mostly what we did."