{news} Meriden Record-Journal on Burbank's exclusion

[David Bedell]

http://www.myrecordjournal.com/site/tab1.cfm?newsid=20143877

09/30/2008
Debates exclude minor party candidates

By: Amanda Falcone, staff , 2:45 p.m.

The top two candidates in the 5th District congressional race will have
ample opportunity to discuss the issues, but two other candidates vying for
the seat will not be allowed to participate in any of the scheduled five
debates.

Going up against incumbent U.S. Rep. Christopher S. Murphy, D-5th, and state
Sen. David J. Cappiello, R-Danbury, is Harold Burbank II of the Green Party
and the Independent Party's Thomas L. Winn.

The first of the 5th District debates is scheduled for Oct. 11 at 1 p.m. at
Torp Theater on the Central Connecticut State University campus, but it
could be cancelled because the university is insisting that all four
candidates be included.

The League of Women Voters of Connecticut Inc. has told its local chapter
that Burbank and Winn do not meet criteria to be included in the debates,
said Nancy Greenough, co-chairwoman of voter services for the New Britain
Area League of Women Voters, Tuesday. The New Britain-based group is hosting
the debate, and Greenough said it does not want to go against the statewide
organization.

A representative from the state organization could not be reached for
comment Tuesday


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