Welcome back to the #weeklywonk. This is my weekly column reporting on electoral and registration data for Onondaga County and New York State. This column was on a bit of a break in late 2024 and 2025 with only occasional postings but is now back with vengeance. We are in the middle of my fourContinue reading “The Weekly Wonk: Onondaga County Suburbs 2026”
Author Archives: dustinczarny
Syracuse school board’s push to oust member rare in Central NY: ‘This is a weird one’ – Syracuse.com
“Usually vacancies happen when somebody gets a job or we’ve had deaths. This is a weird one,“ Czarny said. ”I don’t remember a removal from a local committee.” https://www.syracuse.com/education/2026/01/syracuse-school-boards-push-to-oust-member-rare-in-central-ny-this-is-a-weird-one.html Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news updates
Commissioner in a Car: 2026 Village Election Preview
This week I preview village elections. Why some villages have elections in March, June or November and why sometimes the Onondaga County Board of Elections doesn’t run these elections. Check it out along with the answer to last week’s trivia question! Enjoy. https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/zoomwithczarny Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news updates
The Weekly Wonk: Onondaga County Overall 2026
Happy New Year and welcome back to the #weeklywonk. One of my 2026 New year’s resolutions is to get back to this, my weekly look at registration electoral data in Onondaga County and New York State. I took a brief hiatus from this column in 2025 with just sporadic columns, but now in 2026 IContinue reading “The Weekly Wonk: Onondaga County Overall 2026”
Commissioner in a Car: Looking Ahead to 2026
This week’s episode I look ahead to the expected races in the 2026 General Election for Onondaga County. I detail how the even year bill will move county legislature and some town races next year. I also highlight some races that I think are pretty important to watch. Also this week’s trivia question: What isContinue reading “Commissioner in a Car: Looking Ahead to 2026”
The Weekly Wonk: Who Won and Where in 2025
Welcome back to the #weeklywonk. This is my weekly statistical column on electoral and registration data in Onondaga County and New York. This column is back after a semi-hiatus since late 2024 and I intended to bring this back weekly on Wednesdays going into 2026. This week’s column is launching a little late due toContinue reading “The Weekly Wonk: Who Won and Where in 2025”
Commissioner in a Car: My Top Stories of 2025
This week I go over mtop stories for 2025. These stoies focus on stories imortant to myself and ones I think the voters of Onondaga County care about. They are: 1.) Mayor-Elect Sharon Owens victories.2.) Onondaga County Legislature Democrats take over of the Onondaga County Legislature3.) The Blue wave washing giving Onondaga County Democratic CommitteeContinue reading “Commissioner in a Car: My Top Stories of 2025”
The Weekly Wonk: How Voters Participated in the 2025 General Election
The #weeklywonk is back. My weekly column on election and registration data in Onondaga County and throughout New York State has been running since the middle of 2020. I took a hiatus for this column for the last part of 2024 and 2025 while I reevaluated what content I wanted to bring to dustinczarny.com. ThereContinue reading “The Weekly Wonk: How Voters Participated in the 2025 General Election”
US Elections Assistance Commission PSA
I serve on the US Elections Assistance Commission Local Leadership council. I was included with some amazing election officials about the dedicated professionals running elections in America. Stay tuned till the end and I close this out, but tune in for the heroes around the nation who run elections Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all contentContinue reading “US Elections Assistance Commission PSA”
Commissioner in a Car: How we report write-ins and why it takes so long.
In this week’s episode I talk about how we record write-ins at the Onondaga County Board of Elections. I talk about why some write ins are invalid and some of the limitations of NY Election Law. I recap a bit about my travel to the Cybersecurity summit as well as my last #weeklywonk and activityContinue reading “Commissioner in a Car: How we report write-ins and why it takes so long.”
Dustin M. Czarny 