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Deputy Secretary of State Lesley Mara pictured (Melissa Bailey photo)

In a visit to the city’s disabilities commission, a state election official blasted a local poll worker for judging the mentally ill, and said she is “concerned” by New Haven Democrats’ aggressive vote-pulling techniques.

“The thing that’s hard for me to see is the way the campaigns pull votes,” said Deputy Secretary of State Lesley Mara (pictured). “That man said ‘no.’”

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