In response to problems and complaints during New York's presidential primary this April, State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is proposing a host of reforms. But as State House Reporter Zack Fink explains, making any changes to New York's voting laws may prove difficult.

For the first time in decades both the Republicans and Democrats held a competitive presidential primary in New York State.

But beyond its historic nature, Primary Day will also be remembered for numerous logistical problems.

"The April primary was hotly contested on both the Republican and Democratic sides," Schneiderman said. "Millions of New Yorkers were eager to have their voices heard. But far too many of them were silenced by our state's embarrassingly outdated voting systems."

The office of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman received more than 1,500 calls to its voter protection hotline. An investigation was launched and Schneiderman says the results indicate that New York laws need an update.

"We are not talking about illegal voter suppression, we are talking about legal voter suppression which means we can change it during this legislative session, and I'm hopeful that we will," Schneiderman said.

The Attorney General is proposing a series of reforms to be passed by the legislature including early voting, and enhancing access to the ballot. Also updating how individuals can register to vote.

"Instead of our current system where voters have to fill a separate form in advance of the election to get themselves registered, under automatic registration eligible voters who interact with government agencies are automatically registered to vote," said Jennifer Clark of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU's school of law.

A lot of these reforms have already passed the Democratic controlled Assembly, only to get held up in the Republican led senate. Schneiderman says he is confident that won't be the case this year since many of the complaints came from Republican counties. Senate republicans declined to comment.