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Voter confusion blamed for low primary turnout

Voters at Mattituck Jr. Senior High School in

Photo credit: Randee Daddona | Voters at Mattituck Jr. Senior High School in Mattituck. (June 26, 2012)

Voter turnout for Tuesday's primaries was abysmal across New York, with roughly 5 percent participation in the lone statewide contest -- probably the worst in recent memory.

Congressional primaries that same day didn't do much better. New York City Democratic primaries drew in the low double-digits, a so-called hot race in western New York drew 10 percent and a Nassau County GOP congressional...

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