However, Dustin Czarny, the Democratic Elections commissioner of Onondaga County, which is one of the covered entities, believes Burns is exaggerating the impact of the new rules.
“The determination to move a polling place, whether its annually or at the last minute, is still going to be made by the bipartisan board of elections,” Czarny said. “Both Democrats and Republicans have to agree on it.”
Czarny said last-minute polling changes are typically only made in cases of emergencies and career professionals in the AG’s office are essentially reviewing and ratifying those decisions.
“They’re not coming in and telling us what to do,” he said. “They’re not coming in and getting involved in the polling places.”
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