SOTS picks GOP pres-primary names

The order on the ballot, as just selected by Secretary of the State Denise Merrill, of Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Romney, Santorum, might be less important than what’s at stake on April 24. I mean, if you’re interested enough to get to the polls, where your candidate’s name appears on a big sheet of paper shouldn’t be that big a deal. But this year it is not winner-take-all. The 10 at-large delegates, from the total of 28, can be had by the candidate who gets more than 50 percent of the overall statewide vote. Fifteen more delegates are doled out, three per congressional district and are available to the highest vote getter. The last three belong to the state party chairman Jerry Labriola and the two Republican National Committee members, Rep. John Frey of Ridgefield and Patricia Longo of Wilton.