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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

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 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”

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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”

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“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”

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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”

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“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

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“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

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Democratic Election Commissioner Dustin Czarny said others will be watching. “If Liverpool is successful, we’ll have over half the villages in Onondaga County moved to November,” Czarny said. “And I think other villages are watching this to see how popular it is amongst their citizens, and whether they might want to think about doing thisContinue reading “Liverpool voters to decide whether to move village elections to November – WRVO”

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