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Dustin M. Czarny, the Democratic elections commissioner in Onondaga County, which includes Syracuse, said he had received reports that the inaccurate messages had reached voters in his county, as well as those on Long Island and in Westchester County, where Representative Jamaal Bowman has been trying to fend off a challenge from the county executive,Continue reading “Thousands of New York voters received texts with misinformation about polling sites. – NY Times”

Ahead of Tuesday’s Primary Election, we have new information about some erroneous text messages telling people about wrong polling places. Listen to Dustin Czarny, Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner on the Dave Allen Podcast on iHeartRadio! https://wsyr.iheart.com/featured/dave-allen/content/2024-06-24-erroneous-text-messages-telling-people-about-wrong-polling-places/ Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all election news and content updates

 The Onondaga County Board of Elections is warning voters about text messages spreading misinformation about voter’s polling places. The Board of Elections does not send text messages about voter information. To find trusted voter information regarding registration and polling places, go to the Board of Election’s website or call their office at 315-435-8683. https://www.localsyr.com/news/your-local-election-hq/text-scams-spreading-misinformation-on-polling-locations-in-onondaga-county/ Subscribe to dustinczarny.comContinue reading “Text scams spreading misinformation on polling locations in Onondaga County – WSYR TV”

Election commissioners say the Board of Elections does not send texts regarding voter information. To check your polling place, you can go to onvote.net or call (315) 435-8683. For any information, including changes to your polling place, “It would go through the OCBOE Facebook and Twitter first, it would go out in a press releaseContinue reading “Voters report getting text messages with wrong polling place information ahead of primary – CNY Central”

“Congressional primaries, primaries in general are low turn out events,” Czarny said. “We’re still looking at historically between 13 and 18%. If we’re seeing high turnout, we may see like a 20% on the Democratic side, and around 10 to 15% on the Republican side.” https://www.waer.org/news/2024-06-24/last-call-for-cny-primary-voters-choosing-congressional-nys-senate-candidates Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election newsContinue reading “Last call for CNY primary voters choosing congressional, NYS senate candidates – WAER”

Dustin Czarny, an elections commissioner with the Onondaga County Board of Elections, posted on social media Monday morning that he’d received a number of reports of wrong polling locations being texted to voters. Czarny said he’s informed both the New York state Board of Elections and Attorney General Letitia James’ office of the texts. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/rochester/politics/2024/06/24/new-york-text-message-scam-election-polling-locationsContinue reading “Officials warning of text scam regarding New York primary election polling sites – Spectrum News”

“We live in a time with increased threats from foreign actors, from AI, from just, you know, social media, TikTok,” Czarny said. “All of these places are ripe for bad or low-informed actors to make mistakes and cause a lot of problems.” https://www.wrvo.org/regional-news/2024-06-24/elections-officials-warn-public-of-polling-site-scam-company-blames-database-error Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news updates

“The polling places they are putting out are so egregiously wrong,” Czarny said of the texts. “They have the wrong addresses, the wrong picture of a polling location, or a wrong map. I don’t know where they got their information from.” https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2024/06/onondaga-county-voters-receive-text-messages-with-wrong-poll-locations.html Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for more election news and content updates