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Sunday thoughts:  Try to listen, find ways to help, have the courage to follow.

I have spent most of my Saturday night and Sunday trying to find the time and energy to write my Sunday thoughts column.  I was going to write about the lifespan of an absentee ballot to combat some of the myths of mail in voting fraud.  I will save that for another day.  Today thatContinue reading “Sunday thoughts:  Try to listen, find ways to help, have the courage to follow.”

Election 2020: Voters flood Onondaga County with mail-in ballot requests – Syracuse.com

“We’ll be working eight-hour days on Saturday and Sunday to try to get ahead of this,” Czarny said of the 16-member Board of Elections staff that processes applications. https://www.syracuse.com/news/2020/05/election-2020-voters-flood-onondaga-county-with-mail-in-ballot-requests.html

Voters must register by Friday to be eligible for June 23 primary – WRVO

“You know the winners declared on election night were never official winners anyway,” Czarny said. “They aren’t official until they are certified 25 days later. So the instant gratification of the results may be delayed unless the outcome is severely lopsided.” https://www.wrvo.org/elections/2020-05-28/voters-must-register-by-friday-to-be-eligible-for-june-23-primary

Salt City Grind Episode 5 Dustin Czarny, Democratic Commissioner

On this episode, I speak with Dustin Czarny, Onondaga County Democratic Commissioner of Elections. We discuss the challenges of having elections in the middle of the Covid crisis, and what you need to know about voting moving forward. We also discuss the general health of our democracy, and the past, present and future of theContinue reading “Salt City Grind Episode 5 Dustin Czarny, Democratic Commissioner”

My letter to lawmakers upon their return to session

Last week Speaker Carl Heastie and Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins announced plans to return to legislative session after Memorial Day weekend.  New York Legislative session is set to end in just a few weeks, but almost two months of session was lost due to the COVID-19 crisis.  I am sharing with you today my letter toContinue reading “My letter to lawmakers upon their return to session”

What You Need to Know About Absentee Voting in the June Primaries – Spectrum News

Voters across the state, including in Onondaga County, may have received in the mail an application for an absentee ballot for the coming New York primaries on June 23. Several states have made this an option during the COVID-19 pandemic if voters don’t feel safe enough to personally go to the polls. Onondaga County DemocraticContinue reading “What You Need to Know About Absentee Voting in the June Primaries – Spectrum News”