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“When it comes to the elections, we embrace technology, we embrace change, and that has helped us,” Czarny added. “That being said, we’re about to go into times we’re in mandatory overtime, we have mandatory weekends. We’re going to be working as hard as we can to get the job done.” https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/politics/2020/09/10/onondaga-county-board-of-elections-in-overdrive-as-election-nears

“Ballot mail is supposed to be treated differently by law. If we put our postmark on it, it’s official ballot mail. It’s not supposed to be delayed. However, if the overall system is seeing a delay, there’s no reason to see that ballot mail won’t be affected by this. I will be advising all votersContinue reading “Onondaga County Board of Elections: Request Ballots Now, Return Them ASAP – WAER”

Students’ right to vote by mail is well protected under federal and state law, said Dustin Czarny, Onondaga County Board of Elections commissioner. For any election, students have the option to vote absentee or register to vote in the state where they are attending school.“ It’s been pretty well-settled in the court,” Czarny said. “IfContinue reading “Experts address student concerns on absentee voting during pandemic – Daily Orange”

In the past, absentee ballots were an excuse-based system for voters who were sick or unable to be in Onondaga County on Election Day, said Dustin Czarny, an Onondaga County elections commissioner. New legislation Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed in August extends the illness excuse to include the risk of contracting or spreading the coronavirus. TheContinue reading “New York counties prepare for mail-in voting in November election – The Daily Orange”