New York City watchdog decries 'irregularities' in primary votingNEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City official on Tuesday ordered an audit of the city’s election authorities, citing “deep concern over widespread reports of poll site problems and irregularities” as voters cast their ballots in the state’s primary election. New York Republicans and Democrats are holding presidential nominating contests for the Nov. 8 election. Delegate-rich New York, the fourth most populous U.S. state, is a big prize for the candidates. “There is nothing more sacred in our nation than the right to vote, yet election after election, reports come in of people who were inexplicably purged from the polls, told to vote at the wrong location or unable to get into their polling site,” city Comptroller Scott Stringer said. Stringer said his office had received reports of polling stations that failed to open on time and were unable to tell voters when they would be operational. A voter in the borough of Queens reported a broken machine and staff instructing voters to place their ballots in a “slot” for processing at a later time. In a letter to the New York City Board of Elections, the comptroller cited reports that polling staff were unable to operate voting machines, were giving out conflicting information and erroneously directing voters to alternate sites. Of particular concern, Stringer said, were allegations of widespread removal of eligible voters from registration rolls and incorrect party affiliations on voter records. Stringer said eligible Democratic voters in Brooklyn fell by 120,000 from November 2015 to April 2016 without explanation.   Board of Elections officials could not immediately be reached for comment. politicsNews
new york city watchdog decrees primary votingnew york reuters a new york city official tuesday ordered audit city election authorities citing deep concern widespread reports poll site problems irregularities voters cast ballots state primary election new york republicans democrats holding presidential nominating contests election new york fourth populous state big prize candidates there nothing sacred nation right vote yet election election reports come people inexplicably purged polls told vote wrong location unable get polling site city comptroller scott stronger said stronger said office received reports polling stations failed open time unable tell voters would operational a voter borough queens reported broken machine staff instructing voters place ballots slot processing later time in letter new york city board elections comptroller cited reports polling staff unable operate voting machines giving conflicting information erroneously directing voters alternate sites of particular concern stronger said allegations widespread removal eligible voters registration rolls incorrect party affiliations voter records stronger said eligible democratic voters brooklyn fell november april without explanation board elections officials could immediately reached comment politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: New York City watchdog decries 'irregularities' in primary votingNEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City official on Tuesday ordered an audit of the city’s election authorities, citing “deep concern over widespread reports of poll site problems and irregularities” as voters cast their ballots in the state’s primary election. New York Republicans and Democrats are holding presidential nominating contests for the Nov. 8 election. Delegate-rich New York, the fourth most populous U.S. state, is a big prize for the candidates. “There is nothing more sacred in our nation than the right to vote, yet election after election, reports come in of people who were inexplicably purged from the polls, told to vote at the wrong location or unable to get into their polling site,” city Comptroller Scott Stringer said. Stringer said his office had received reports of polling stations that failed to open on time and were unable to tell voters when they would be operational. A voter in the borough of Queens reported a broken machine and staff instructing voters to place their ballots in a “slot” for processing at a later time. In a letter to the New York City Board of Elections, the comptroller cited reports that polling staff were unable to operate voting machines, were giving out conflicting information and erroneously directing voters to alternate sites. Of particular concern, Stringer said, were allegations of widespread removal of eligible voters from registration rolls and incorrect party affiliations on voter records. Stringer said eligible Democratic voters in Brooklyn fell by 120,000 from November 2015 to April 2016 without explanation.   Board of Elections officials could not immediately be reached for comment. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: new york city watchdog decrees primary votingnew york reuters a new york city official tuesday ordered audit city election authorities citing deep concern widespread reports poll site problems irregularities voters cast ballots state primary election new york republicans democrats holding presidential nominating contests election new york fourth populous state big prize candidates there nothing sacred nation right vote yet election election reports come people inexplicably purged polls told vote wrong location unable get polling site city comptroller scott stronger said stronger said office received reports polling stations failed open time unable tell voters would operational a voter borough queens reported broken machine staff instructing voters place ballots slot processing later time in letter new york city board elections comptroller cited reports polling staff unable operate voting machines giving conflicting information erroneously directing voters alternate sites of particular concern stronger said allegations widespread removal eligible voters registration rolls incorrect party affiliations voter records stronger said eligible democratic voters brooklyn fell november april without explanation board elections officials could immediately reached comment politicsnews