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this is To the Point. Chaos and disenfranchisement at the polls.

I'm Barbara Bogave, sitting in for Warren Allney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio

International. A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

In yesterday's primaries, party frontrunners won, many voters lost. A record number of New Yorkers

complained about delays and glitches, not to mention anger at closed primary rules. Frustration

is building from Arizona to Wisconsin over long lines, budget cuts, incompetence, and restrictions.

33 states have strict new voter ID laws after a 2013 Supreme Court ruling that struck down key parts of the Voting Rights Act.

Are voters already feeling the loss of the full protection of that law?

And on today's talking point, President Obama lands in Saudi Arabia amid snubs, feuds, and resurrected tensions over 9-11.

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This is To the Point, a Barbara Bogave in for Warren Olney.

Just ahead, frustration with New York's closed primaries and a record number of complaints about voting glitches yesterday are raising questions about the health of our election system.

And fair voting advocates are predicting even more cases of voters being shut out of the polls in November by strict new voter ID laws.

Myriad fears about access to the ballot.

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