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“The general election, the extra cost of absentees is going to be five times what we had in the primary and we don’t have any money to pay for that right now, which means it’s going to be a burden on the local boards of elections,” Czarny said. https://www.wrvo.org/politics-and-government/2020-08-13/boards-of-elections-need-more-funding-expect-lots-of-absentee-ballots-in-november

Onondaga County Democratic Board of Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said many of the county’s regular election inspectors have decided not to work this year. He said even more people are needed this year to help ensure proper sanitation at polling places. https://cnycentral.com/news/local/onondaga-co-board-of-elections-recruiting-community-members-as-election-inspectors

Dustin Czarny, Democratic caucus chair of the New York State Elections Commissioners Association and an elections commissioner in Onondaga County, urged Cuomo to sign the measures.“ I believe that is something that is appropriate and should be done so voters can make that choice to stay safe and stay home and vote by mail,” heContinue reading “Election officials call for more funds, resources ahead of general election – The Telegraph”

“I need time. That’s the thing I need the most right now. I need to know that my engagement is, what I can do on the ground so I can educate the voters in my county,” Dustin Czarny of the New York State Election Commissioners Association said. “And every day that goes by and votersContinue reading “State elections leaders plead for state help with the November election – WHEC”

Dustin Czarny, a democratic commissioner, said they desperately need federal funds to pay for the mail-in method. “We’re talking about 26,000 absentees in the primary, and about 150,000 absentees for the general election,” said Czarny. “This is a cost-factor local counties can’t absorb on their own.” https://cnycentral.com/news/local/mail-in-voting-are-election-officials-ready-for-november