Elections Professional and Activist
I was honored to speak at the Hands Off Rally in Syracuse on April 5, 2024. Over 2k people came down to hear a variety of speakers stand up to federal over reach and our fellow citizens. Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news updates
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This week I talk about designating petitions. the cutoff was 5pm Thursday to file for office. Nearly 150 petitions and 500 candidates have chosen to participate in this year’s election. More to come this summer. Enjoy. Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news updates
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City mayoral campaigns will be among hundreds that will file petitions at the county elections board, with this year’s election featuring races for city, county, town and village offices. “Outside of election week, it’s the biggest week of the year,” Czarny said. https://www.syracuse.com/news/2025/03/this-is-a-big-week-in-the-syracuse-mayors-race-heres-why.html Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news updates
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Welcome back to the #weeklywonk. Each week I take a deep dive in some form of electoral and registration data. By examining this data, I hope to give a more comprehensive view of our home, Onondaga County. I am excited to bring you a fresh look at Onondaga County this week. For the first timeContinue reading “The Weekly Wonk: Onondaga County Age and Gender”
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“A birth certificate replication was over $100 last time I did it. $80 for a passport. These are real costs for people when deciding whether they can afford it or not. It’s the essence of a poll tax, something we’ve gotten away from,” he explained. https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/presidents-trump-executive-order-sparks-controversy-on-voting-in-onondaga-county/
A few thoughts this morning on the President’s executive order on elections. Some caveats, I am not a lawyer, but I have read up extensively on this to prepare. I also am collecting some thoughts for a Commissioner in a Car on Monday. Let’s start with what this order isn’t. It isn’t the SAVE act. Continue reading “Thoughts on President Trump’s 3/25/25 Executive order on Elections”
A great deal of things happened this last week that I want to talk about. Wrapping up of the march village elections. I also talk about the court of appeals decisions on NYC Non citizen voting and remanding of the even year legislation back down to the appellant division. Check it out. Subscribe to dustinczarny.comContinue reading “Commission in a Car: Village wrap up and Court of Appeals decision on Non Citizen Voting in NYC and Remanding Even Year legislation.”
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Welcome back to the #weeklywonk! Each week I take a deep dive in some form of electoral and registration data. By examining this data, I hope to give a more comprehensive view of our home, Onondaga County. I am currently looking at the political subdivisions having elections this November. This week we will focus onContinue reading “The Weekly Wonk: The City of Syracuse 2025”
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The Onondaga County Board of Elections has released their polling places for the 2025 General election. I talk about why we had to release it this early and what process feeds from this release. I also talk about the very few changes from last year and go into the decision making. Finally I address howContinue reading “Commissioner in a Car: General Election Polling Places Released!”
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Welcome back to the #weeklywonk! Each week I take a deep dive in some form of electoral and registration data. By examining this data, I hope to give a more comprehensive view of our home, Onondaga County. This week I start looking at the political subdivisions having elections this November. This week we will focusContinue reading “The Weekly Wonk: The Towns of Onondaga County 2025”
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Dustin M. Czarny