Dustin Czarny, the Democratic elections commissioner for Onondaga County, was one of the dozen commissioners who signed the letter and watched that election unfold from the neighboring district. “One of the most frustrating things that I have to do as an election commissioner is invalidate a ballot for any reason,” Czarny told City & State, saying he would watch sometimes “in horror” at what was going on next door. “This remains one of the last areas where we can fix this, and come more in line with how other states deal with these ballots.”