New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer has ordered an audit of the city's Board of Elections after reports that some voters were turned away from poll sites during the state's presidential primary.
The agency's executive director dismissed the issues Tuesday, saying few people experienced problems.
The comptroller's concerns were based partly on statistics showing that the number of registered Democrats and Republicans in Brooklyn fell by around 64,000 between Nov. 1 and April 1.
Elections officials said that was part of a routine review to cancel the registrations of people who haven't voted in recent elections and didn't respond to notices asking them to confirm their address.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said he supported Stringer's audit.
A state voter hotline had also received more than 700 complaints by Tuesday afternoon.
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