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Onondaga County election commissioners ask lawmakers for $30,000 raise – Syracuse.com
The salary increase would help attract people to put their names forward for election, Czarny said. “It’s about benefiting the position long term and setting them to a point where reasonable people will be willing to put their names forward for it,” Czarny said. https://www.syracuse.com/news/2026/09/onondaga-county-election-commissioners-ask-lawmakers-for-30000-raise.html Subscribe to dustinczany.com for all election news and content updates
In November, you can vote on whether the Onondaga County executive will have term limits. How will it work? – Central Current
“A lot of times we get these questions on resolutions with the state,” Czarny said. “Even when it’s just one resolution, people want more information. Unfortunately, that’s just like the candidates. We don’t say who to vote for or what to vote for.” Last year, Onondaga County voted for term limits on the legislature by…
Commissioner in a Car: The Ballots are coming! Bigger and Better than Ever!
This week I show off what the ballots look like in Onondaga County, Why we at Onondaga County Board of Elections went to a 22″ ballot this year. Also why some resolutions on the back are in a second columns and some aren’t I also address briefly the news from Friday on the OCL 16…
How the Dueling Propositions in Onondaga County for term limits will work.
Here it is! The dueling propositions for Term limits on the ballot for this General Election. You can vote yes on both if you want term limits and don’t care the length. If you prefer either 12 or 16 you can vote yes on one of them and vote no on the other. Or if…
Commissioner in a Car: The Resolutions on the Ballot in 2026
In this week’s episode I talk about the resolutions that will appear on the ballot this fall. Not only do we have the dueling term limit resolutions, we have term extensions in Dewitt & Fabius as well as a Full Time Ambulance resolution in Lafayette. Enjoy! Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news…
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