New York Board of Elections Suspends Brooklyn Official

As part of investigation into voter 'purge'

A woman checks into her voting station at Public School 22 on April 19, 2016 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Voters are going to the polls in New York for the presidential primary election. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

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I am calling on the Board of Election to reverse that purge and update the lists again using Central, not Brooklyn borough, Board of Election staff,” de Blasio said.

The most common complaint was that voters were told they weren’t registered, followed by being told they were not registered with a political party, and the denial of affidavit ballots when requested, reports CBS2