More staff, new commissioner address previous challenges at Onondaga County Board of Elections – WAER

Still, long-time Democratic elections commissioner Dustin Czarny said the results are clear.

“When we brought in the people, the numbers really started going down,” he said. “That doesn’t mean that there weren’t lessons learned from last year, absolutely. And we’ve been putting those in place.”

In fact, Czarny said, they’re processing registration forms in four days, less than the state mandated seven. He added for the first time in years, he’s pleased with the 2026 budget proposed by the county executive.

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