NEW YORK, NY February 06, 2008 —A voter complaint hotline, sponsored by the New Jersey chapter of the ACLU and League of Women Voters received a steady stream of calls from frustrated voters during yesterday's presidential primary. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

First came the early morning PR fiasco when Governor Corzine was forced to delay casting his vote due to problems with his machine in Hoboken. The most common complaint was from people who wanted to vote in the Democratic primary, but were told by poll workers that they were ineligible because they were Republicans. There were also some Republicans being told they were registered Democrats.

Voter advocates faulted a relatively new statewide voter database. State officials are looking into the issue, but did not oppose voters who knew enough to take their case to a Superior Court judge who can overrule local election officials. Overall, officials say the system held up well to the record primary turnout. 35% of eligible New Jersey voters cast ballots yesterday, up from 9% in the 2004 presidential primary.

Competitive races, and moving the primary up from June were contributing factors. New Jersey voters will go to the primary polls again in June to vote for Congressional candidates. In New Jersey, for WNYC, I'm Bob Hennelly.