The New York State Attorney General's Office is launching an investigation into the New York City Board of Elections following widespread irregularities during Tuesday's presidential primary vote.

The news follows a series of reports from WNYC about 126,000 voters who were purged from the voter rolls before yesterday's election.

The irregularities included numerous voters who showed up at their polling station only to find their names were no longer on the books.

The AG's office joins the city comptroller in looking at the problem. The comptroller announced an audit of the agency on Election Day. 

The AG's office says it received more than one thousand complaints from voters yesterday — that's more than six times the number received in the 2012 general election.