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Democratic challenger Phillips holds narrow lead over Lemondes for Assembly seat – Syracuse.com
The ballots in the race will be subject to a recount unless they clearly skew in the favor of one candidate, said Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny. New York State law requires an automatic recount if elections are separated by 20 votes or less or 0.5% of the vote or less. https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2026/11/democratic-challenger-phillips-holds-narrow-lead-over-lemondes-for-assembly-seat.html Subscribe…
Turnout in Onondaga County’s 2026 midterm election was 57% – Syracuse.com
About 57% of the county’s 307,752 voters cast ballots in person early and on Election Day and cast absentee ballots in time to be counted Tuesday night. There is still time for some of the 4,000 outstanding absentee ballots to be returned in time to be counted, according to county Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny, a…
Onondaga County elections commissioners provide advice for Election Day – WRVO
“Check your voting registration … make sure you’re up to date on your voting registration. It’ll tell you where your voting location is. You have to go to your voting location on Election Day,” Czarny said. https://www.wrvo.org/2026-11-03/onondaga-county-elections-commissioners-provide-advice-for-election-day Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news updates
Long Hours And Minimum Wage Fuel A Poll Worker Shortage In Onondaga County – WAER
“They’re our neighbors. They’re our friends, and they’re our family. They’re the ones who are watching this and making sure that the voters’ rights are protected,” he said. Then added, “they’re heroes, and I hope we get more of them.” https://www.waer.org/news/2026-11-02/long-hours-and-minimum-wage-fuel-a-poll-worker-shortage-in-onondaga-county Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news updates
Early voting draws thousands to Onondaga County polls ahead of Election Day – WRVO
Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny describes the turnout for early voting as “amazing.” “We have well over double the 2022 projections, which was the last gubernatorial election,” Czarny said. “More people are getting used to early voting. They know where the sites are. They like it. We’re going to rival the presidential level in ’24,…
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