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In New York, an audit of the primaries after the "disappearance" of thousands of voters 125

New York City Auditor Scott Stringer, expressing concern about possible violations on the most significant primaries in recent years in the city, announced an audit in the near future regarding the election commission of the megalopolis.

Among other things, the voting for the Democratic and Republican primaries in the state of New York, which ended convincing victories Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, was marred by reports of tens of thousands of people "disappearing" from the voter rolls.

According to the auditor, electoral The panel, traditionally composed of representatives of both parties, has already confirmed that more than 125 thousand Democratic voters in Brooklyn were excluded from the list between November 2015 and April 2016 “without appropriate explanation.”.

“There is nothing more sacred to our nation than the right to vote. However, from election to election, there are reports of people who were excluded from the voting lists without explanation, mistakenly sent to another polling station, or simply not allowed to enter the polling station,” he said. Scott Stringer, who is himself a Democrat.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, also a Democrat, noted that awareness of such violations of the electoral process undermines its integrity, and should be eliminated in the future.

According to the head of the local electoral committee, Michael Ryan, thousands of people are excluded or added to the voter list annually, citing reports of two years ago about the presence in the list of people who no longer lived at the same addresses.

Ryan said that over the same period that 125 thousands of people were excluded, 63 thousands of new names appeared on the lists.

In total, the city has about 4 million voters eligible to vote in the primaries.

Auditor Stringer ordered the City Council to investigate the incident, noting in his letter that the voting overall was "disorganized, chaotic and ineffective."

Voters were also reported to complain about the late opening of polling stations, the malfunction of scanners used in voting, and the low staffing level of the personnel that conducts the primaries.

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