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hrmjustin

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Wed Jun 25, 2014, 04:04 PM Jun 2014

Citizens Union: Two Primaries Leads To Low Turnout

Nick Reisman

Two primaries — one for federal elections and another for state and local races — isn’t just an expensive proposition for New Yorkers, it’s driving low voter turnout, said good-government group Citizens Union.

New York’s Congressional primaries were moved to June in 2012 by a federal judge so the state could comply with a federal law governing timely access to military and overseas ballots.

But state lawmakers failed to agree on moving the primary date out of September.

So, like 2012, New York will have a second round of party primaries for state and local races.

http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/2014/06/citizens-union-two-primaries-leads-to-low-turnout/

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