Every vote is a hope. A hope for a better future for the person casting that vote. We should protect that hope as if it were our own. – Dustin Czarny
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As Onondaga County braces for potential legal civil war, it’s already planning on being $500K in the hole on outside lawyers, comptroller says – Central Current
“My position is that we should be placing this on the ballot, and that if the county executive wanted to stop it, he could then sue the county legislature and sue the board of elections, and that would be the proper way for this to move forward,” said Czarny. Also great legal anlysis in this…
McMahon explains his term limit screwup, accuses Dems of ‘next level pettiness’ – Syracuse.com
“I don’t believe the Board of Elections should insert its own opinions into this,” Czarny said. “We should follow the law as put forward and let the legislature and county exec fight it out in court.” https://www.syracuse.com/news/2026/07/mcmahon-explains-his-term-limit-screwup-accuses-dems-of-next-level-pettiness.html Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news updates.
The Jim Reith Show UNLEASHED – SPECIAL REPORT – Onondaga County Term Limit Bill – 7/17/26
I appeared on the Jim Reith Show recently to talk about the controversy behind the term limit and the non=veto of it by the County Executive. I tried to outline the path forward now that the bill was delivered to the Board of Elections. Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news
Onondaga County elections commissioner reacts to Trump’s elections speech – Capital Tonight Spectrum News
I appeared on Capital Tonight on Spectrum News 1 Central New York/S Tier to talk about President Trump’s speech on elections. I stressed that elections are free, fair, and can be trusted because of the bi partisan system we have in New York. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-region/politics/2026/07/18/dustin-czarny-reacts-to-trump-s-elections-speech Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and Election news updates
Legislature to send McMahon’s “approval” of term limit law to board of elections – WAER
“This is normally the least controversial part of our job,” Democratic commissioner Czarny said. https://www.waer.org/news/2026-07-17/legislature-to-send-mcmahons-approval-of-term-limit-law-to-board-of-elections Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news updates
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