There are a number of primary elections on Tuesday federal posts, including for Congress and the US Senate, and turn out is expected to be very low.
It’s the first time in around 40 years that New York has held June primaries. The state was forced to change the date from September to be in compliance with a federal rule that requires adequate time between primary day and election day to distribute election ballots to service men and women overseas.
Turn out is expected to be low, for that reason and a number of other factors.