I was a panelist at the Cyber Security Summit hosted by the Brennan Center and Common Cause NY and the Center for Long term Cybersecurity at the NYC Bar Association on December 11, 2025. My panel focused on specific ways County Board of Elections are looking to protect our elections as well as the challengesContinue reading “Election Cybersecurity Summit Panel”
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The Weekly Wonk: 2025 General Election Turnout
Welcome back to the #WeeklyWonk. This is my weekly look at election related stats and demographic information that is important to Syracuse, Onondaga County, and New York State. I took a brief hiatus from this blog in 2025 but now that 2025 election is officially certified, along with manual recounts and write-ins, we can nowContinue reading “The Weekly Wonk: 2025 General Election Turnout”
Commissioner in a Car: Let’s Talk Manual Recounts
In this week’s episode I detail what goes into a manual recount, the results of this week’s close contests, and why I think this law is a good thing, but how we can improve it. As always I detail about what is going on at the Onondaga County Board of elections as well. https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/zoomwithczarny SubscribeContinue reading “Commissioner in a Car: Let’s Talk Manual Recounts”
Commissioner in a Car: What method did Onondaga County vote by in 2025?
In this week’s Commissioner in a Car I talk about what method Onondaga County voters chose to cast their vote this last November. I also detail what the Onondaga County Board of Elections did last week to certify the election. i also talk about how we have to break certification for the hand counts andContinue reading “Commissioner in a Car: What method did Onondaga County vote by in 2025?”
What Voter History tells us about Voting Method in 2025 General Election
One last mini blog on the November election. Today we will look at how people voted in 2025, and by that, I mean which method they chose to vote. This breaks down into three main categories: Early, Mail, Election Day. Total Voters: 93,421 Early Voters: 17,326 (18.55%) Mail Voters: 4,909 (5.25%) Election Day: 71,186 (76.20%)Continue reading “What Voter History tells us about Voting Method in 2025 General Election”
How To Run For Office: Getting On The Ballot in NY – Syracuse 17th Ward Democrats
I was happy to participate in the 17th Ward Democratic Committee podcast series talking about how to get on the ballot. Check it out. Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news updates
Commissioner in a Car: What does voter history tell us about 2025?
In this week’s episode I talk about how we finished canvassing write ins and affidavits at the Onondaga County Board of Elections. I also talk about what voter history tells us about 2025. Finally I talk about what is to come next week and beyond to finally wrap up the 2025 election. https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/zoomwithczarny Subscribe toContinue reading “Commissioner in a Car: What does voter history tell us about 2025?”
2025 General Election Turnout
Turnout History Comparisons We are in the middle of certification of the 2025 General Election, but we have finished our voter history. I thought I would do a mini blog with some surprising findings. Here are some surprising and not so surprising stats based on our turnout statistics. For this blog, I am going toContinue reading “2025 General Election Turnout”
Commissioner in a Car: The #Votebymail has been counted so what’s next?
In this week’s episode I talk about how the Onondaga County Board of Elections finished our vote by Mail and Affidavit counting this week. I touch on why we are still counting 10 days after election Day. I also talk about what’s next including write in canvassing and manual recounts. Enjoy. https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/zoomwithczarny Subscribe to dustinczarny.comContinue reading “Commissioner in a Car: The #Votebymail has been counted so what’s next?”
The story of Turnout in the 2025 Election
Another story in this election is about turnout. I will do more about this after certification, but going into the last scan we have some numbers on voter stats, specially voter turnout. Best estimate of voter turnout 93,628 voters out of 313,859: 29.83% However that is not the whole story. Right now this is typicalContinue reading “The story of Turnout in the 2025 Election”
Dustin M. Czarny 