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“For a nonpresidential, the turnout is exceptional,” Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said. Czarny called Saturday one of the county’s top five opening days since New York began offering early voting in 2019 https://www.syracuse.com/news/2026/10/onondaga-county-sees-record-early-voting-turnout-for-nonpresidential-year.html?gift=30aa282e-a6c6-4aee-b667-7ec8eb85e971 Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news

“It seems like an excuse for the county executive to continue his partisan attacks on this position,” Czarny said. “I don’t know what his reason is, but I can tell you it’s not the reason he put in his veto message.” Czarny said that their positions are the only county employee positions to not getContinue reading “McMahon vetoes raises for Onondaga County election commissioners – Syracuse.com”

This is my appearance with Dave Allen on 570 WSYR discussing the opening of Early Voting for the 2026 General Election Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news.

Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny says his office received calls from voters confused about who sent the mail. “A voter getting this piece of mail would think that it’s coming from us, and that is a huge issue,” Czarny said. https://cnycentral.com/news/local/12000-republican-mailers-in-clay-raise-questions-over-board-of-elections-return-address Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news

“They’re using the reputation of the board as a government entity as a trusted source to open up the outer piece of mail to deliver partisan messages,” Czarny said. “The Board of Elections will never send out partisan mail promoting a candidate.” https://www.syracuse.com/news/2026/10/sneaky-politics-or-honest-mistake-election-mailer-lands-clay-gop-in-hot-water.html?gift=c28c71d9-5421-418a-b188-772c515d8140 Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news updates

“People think that when we’re sending out a second ballot, that means we’re gonna count them. No. Every ballot that comes in is scanned and verified. The signatures are checked. If, for some reason, we received a ballot and it’s been counted, and a second ballot comes back from the same person, that ballot willContinue reading “Onondaga County election officials address mail-in ballot delays, fraud concerns – NewsChannel 9”

“You’re seeing a purple county that has trended blue recently, and especially on national and statewide races that is now starting to at least reflect itself in some of the local races.” Czarny cited last year’s flip of the county legislature, as well as some towns that were former Republican strongholds. Democrats have also doneContinue reading “Onondaga County’s unaffiliated voters could determine outcome of upcoming election – WAER”