On this week’s Commissioner in a Car I talk about the village elections happening on march 19th. Onondaga County will see 5 villages run elections this March, 3 run by the OCBOE and 2 run by village clerks. Go to the village election page at onvote.net for more information. Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all contentContinue reading “Commissioner in a Car: All you need to know about Village Elections”
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Fayetteville to feature election move ballot proposition – Eagle Bulletin
“A village resident belonging to that group said that judging by data collected of other local villages that was shared this month by Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny, a November election is likely to increase turnout in village elections compared to the number of people that vote in March.”
Zoom with Czarny: Jeff Wice on NY Redistricting
This week I sit down with the Grandfather of NY Redistricting, Jeff Wice of the New York Law School. We go over the bipartisan maps passed by the NY legislature, why they rejected and slightly altered the New York State Independent Redistricting Commission maps. We also look at what went wrong and how it canContinue reading “Zoom with Czarny: Jeff Wice on NY Redistricting”
Democratic state lawmakers could implement new congressional district map as early as Wednesday – WAER
“There’s a few winners, there’s a few losers,” Czarny said. “New York 1 is a Republican district that got more Republican and then you’ve got our district–New York 22–that actually didn’t change at all.” https://www.waer.org/news/2024-02-28/democratic-state-lawmakers-could-implement-new-congressional-district-map-as-early-as-wednesday
Commissioner in a Car: Petitions start, but not for Congress
This week I talk about the start of designating petitions today. However because the congressional lines have not been signed into law, Congressional candidates can not walk yet. I also talk about the process now that the congressional lines were struck down by the legislature and what the new lines mean, and when they mightContinue reading “Commissioner in a Car: Petitions start, but not for Congress”
Commissioner in a Car: Everything we know about NY redistricting as of right now.
I talk about the state of NY Congressional redistricting now that the New York State Independent Redistricting Commission submitted bi partisan maps on February 15th. I do a bit of a history lesson going back to 2010 on how we got here and the paths forward for the NYS legislature. I also address the sillyContinue reading “Commissioner in a Car: Everything we know about NY redistricting as of right now.”
County lections officials urge NYS legislature to act quickly on new congressional map – WAER
“I’m hoping that we have a final nap by February 27th,” Czarny said. “That is when petitioning is supposed to start and. Any real delay past that date puts in jeopardy the political calendar that’s in place now.” https://www.waer.org/news/2024-02-17/county-lections-officials-urge-nys-legislature-to-act-quickly-on-new-congressional-map
New maps treat Brandon Williams more harshly than any NY congressman, and he’s sore – Syracuse.com
The district would have 173,301 Democrats, 143,225 Republicans and 129,650 voters who are not enrolled in a party, according to an estimate compiled by Dustin Czarny, an Onondaga County elections commissioner. https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2024/02/new-maps-treat-brandon-williams-more-harshly-than-any-ny-congressman-and-hes-sore.html
New House map would help Democrats in fight to win close Syracuse seat – Syracuse.com
The proposed district also gives Democrats an advantage of about 30,000 more enrolled voters than Republicans, according to preliminary calculations by Dustin Czarny, an Onondaga County elections commissioner. https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2024/02/new-house-map-would-help-democrats-in-fight-to-win-close-syracuse-seat.html
Commissioner in a Car: Happy Fall in Love with Your Party Day
This week I talk about the party enrollment deadline that is today, Valentine’s Day, or as I call it Fall in Love with Your Party Day. We must receive your enrollment change by midnight tonight. Online Voter registration is available at onvote.net. I also talk about the imminent release of new congressional maps and whatContinue reading “Commissioner in a Car: Happy Fall in Love with Your Party Day”
Dustin M. Czarny 