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“Because there are so many absentees and they look to dwarf Election Day and early voting totals at this point, we just won’t have a good sense of who actually won the race until the absentees are opened,” Czarny said. https://auburnpub.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/why-cny-races-wont-be-decided-on-primary-election-night/article_c6132237-5fac-5166-8fe4-8f87de5cc773.html

“I have advised all candidates not to concede and not to declare victory on election night,” Czarny said. “We’ll have to let the process play out.” https://www.syracuse.com/news/2020/06/ny-2020-primary-election-winners-may-not-be-known-for-weeks.html

“I think the in-person vote totals from early voting and Election Day may be as low as 30 percent of the overall totals,” said Dustin Czarny, the Democratic commissioner of the Syracuse-area Onondaga County Board of Elections. “My guess is we’re going to be waiting at least a week or two after the primary toContinue reading “Results not expected for days in tight primaries next week – Politico.com”

“When you make it easier for people to vote, they will do it more,” said Dustin Czarny, Onondaga County Board of Elections commissioner. In Central New York, more mail-in voting has helped cause a rise in voting in the primary next Tuesday, Czarny said. Voting is up 10 to 30 times when compared to aContinue reading “Voting soars in CNY school budget votes; mail-in voting increases turnout by as much as 450% – Syracuse.com”

“This is an incredible number considering we usually only get 18,000-20,000 voters, inclusive of every style of voting,” Czarny said. “There is a lot of interest in this election and there is a lot of interest in voting absentee in this election.” https://www.wrvo.org/politics-and-government/2020-06-17/absentee-ballots-could-boost-record-breaking-turnout-for-june-primary-in-central-ny

“it’s safer now and more sure now than it’s ever been because we’ve implemented technology like electronic poll books and centralized systems we can easily detect if somebody double votes,” Czarny said. https://cnycentral.com/news/local/onondaga-county-sees-surge-in-mail-in-ballots-for-primary-election

Democratic elections commissioner Dustin Czarny says normally, primary elections have a lower voter turnout. “That being said, we’ve seen an incredible amount of activity on the absentee side. So I do expect a higher turnout election, but whether that’s an in-person vote or an absentee vote, that’s yet to be determined,” Czarny said.