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Commissioner in a Car: Looking Ahead to 2026

This week’s episode I look ahead to the expected races in the 2026 General Election for Onondaga County. I detail how the even year bill will move county legislature and some town races next year. I also highlight some races that I think are pretty important to watch. Also this week’s trivia question: What isContinue reading “Commissioner in a Car: Looking Ahead to 2026”

The Weekly Wonk: Who Won and Where in 2025

Welcome back to the #weeklywonk. This is my weekly statistical column on electoral and registration data in Onondaga County and New York. This column is back after a semi-hiatus since late 2024 and I intended to bring this back weekly on Wednesdays going into 2026. This week’s column is launching a little late due toContinue reading “The Weekly Wonk: Who Won and Where in 2025”

Commissioner in a Car: My Top Stories of 2025

This week I go over mtop stories for 2025. These stoies focus on stories imortant to myself and ones I think the voters of Onondaga County care about. They are: 1.) Mayor-Elect Sharon Owens victories.2.) Onondaga County Legislature Democrats take over of the Onondaga County Legislature3.) The Blue wave washing giving Onondaga County Democratic CommitteeContinue reading “Commissioner in a Car: My Top Stories of 2025”

The Weekly Wonk: How Voters Participated in the 2025 General Election

The #weeklywonk is back. My weekly column on election and registration data in Onondaga County and throughout New York State has been running since the middle of 2020. I took a hiatus for this column for the last part of 2024 and 2025 while I reevaluated what content I wanted to bring to dustinczarny.com. ThereContinue reading “The Weekly Wonk: How Voters Participated in the 2025 General Election”

US Elections Assistance Commission PSA

I serve on the US Elections Assistance Commission Local Leadership council. I was included with some amazing election officials about the dedicated professionals running elections in America. Stay tuned till the end and I close this out, but tune in for the heroes around the nation who run elections Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all contentContinue reading “US Elections Assistance Commission PSA”

Commissioner in a Car: How we report write-ins and why it takes so long.

In this week’s episode I talk about how we record write-ins at the Onondaga County Board of Elections. I talk about why some write ins are invalid and some of the limitations of NY Election Law. I recap a bit about my travel to the Cybersecurity summit as well as my last #weeklywonk and activityContinue reading “Commissioner in a Car: How we report write-ins and why it takes so long.”

Election Cybersecurity Summit Panel

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”

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?”