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“The Governor’s actions to expand the reason for absentees to include the COVID-19 crisis and allow email applications for absentees was an important first step to protect voters for the June combined primaries,” said Onondaga County Board of Elections Co-Chairman Dustin Czarny. “The legislature now needs to act to ensure we have these protections inContinue reading “Legislature Urged To Codify Absentee Ballot Order -Spectrum News”

“Our association, the New York State Elections Commissioners Association, voted overwhelmingly to support these two pieces of legislation so we could then move forward, because we are getting more than double, more than triple the types of requests that we usually get,” said Czarny. https://www.wamc.org/new-york-news/2020-04-10/new-york-advocates-want-changes-to-elections-during-pandemic-permanent

We spoke to Onondaga County’s Elections Commissioners Michele Sardo (R) and Dustin Czarny (D) who are awaiting more details from the governor’s executive orders. The commissioners note that voters who want to avoid going to the polls to protect themselves from COVID-19 should check the box on the absentee ballot request where it says ‘TemporaryContinue reading “You can use an absentee ballot if concerns over COVID-19 are still a factor in June primary – WSYR9”

“People are asking to be able to do absentee ballots because they’re afraid of getting sick or they’re in an at-risk group or they just don’t simply want to go to the polls on Election Day,” https://www.fingerlakes1.com/2020/04/08/lawmakers-urged-to-expand-vote-by-mail-in-new-york/

“People are asking to be able to do absentee ballots because they’re afraid of getting sick or they’re in an at-risk group or they just don’t simply want to go to the polls on Election Day,” https://nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-politics/new-york/ny-state-of-politics/2020/04/07/new-york-weighs-expanding-absentee-ballot-access

“At risk citizens afraid of being infected by this deadly disease deserve the right to cast their vote safely without risking challenge from partisans hoping to win an election,” Czarny said. “Reducing the Election Day population by allowing a more accessible absentee process, as well as early voting measures passed last year, can help usContinue reading “Elections officials push for expanded absentee voting amid Covid-19 – Buffalo News”

Passing Biaggi’s bill is “going to remove any kind of doubt that this is a valid excuse,” Czarny said. “People will not have to choose between risking their health or their right to vote.” https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Elections-commissioners-preparing-for-combined-15162131.php

Senator Biaggi and other proponents of the legislation, such as Manhattan Assembly-member Yuh-Line Niou (D), Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny, and Common Cause, believe that expanding the current absentee voting regime would be easier to implement in a limited amount of time than an entire vote-by-mail system. https://wfuv.org/content/how-coronavirus-may-affect-new-yorks-elections