Focus: New York and the Closed Primary System - Apr 21, 2016

New York's Attorney General will investigate alleged voter suppression in state's primary, Board of Elections audited - VICE News

Sanders campaign, New York officials cry foul after New York voters report issues - CNN

Some New Yorkers feel disenfranchised by the primary. They are taking the fight to court. - Vox

N.Y. voter hotline swamped with complaints - democratandchronicle.com

I’m one of NYC’s 125,000 ‘ghosts’ who couldn’t cast their vote - New York Post

Purged registrations cost this NY primary voter 5 hours - ABC News

Failure, fraud and more in New York’s punk rock voting disaster - The Daily Beast

VIDEO: NY Elections Board director denies claims that thousands of voters were disenfranchised - LawNewz

 

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New York's strict voter registration rules frustrate Sanders supporters - The Guardian

Judge denied request to immediately open up New York primary to independent voters - ThinkProgress

Five states have primaries next week. Will they face the same problems New York did? - ThinkProgress

No voice for some Pennsylvania independent voters - Times News Online

Editorial: 1 in 4 NY voters prohibited from casting ballots because they do not belong to either party. Same fate will befall independents in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania - Bloomberg

VIDEO: Sanders: New York voter rules ‘absurd and wrong’ - The Guardian

VIDEO: Why did 3.2 million New Yorkers lose their voting rights? Thom Hartmann talks with Shyla Nelson, spokesperson-Election Justice USA - Democratic Underground

VIDEO: What is wrong with New York’s voting system and how can it be fixed? Interview with Kristen Clarke, president of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law - Democracy Now!

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