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Local primary races generate limited interest among Onondaga County voters in early voting – WAER

“This primary is relatively small in nature and the democrats tend to have more eligible voters up,” Czarny said. “And we saw that in the early vote about 83 percent of the early voting pool was democrats taking advantage of it.” https://www.waer.org/news/2023-06-26/local-primary-races-generate-limited-interest-among-onondaga-county-voters-in-early-voting

NY state legislature votes to move some local elections to even-numbered years – WRVO

Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said there’s a stark difference in turnout between odd years, which feature local elections, and even years, with state and federal races on the ballot. “In Onondaga County, we average, in even years, 63% turnout,” Czarny said. “In local years, odd years, it’s 32% turnout, so it’s almostContinue reading “NY state legislature votes to move some local elections to even-numbered years – WRVO”

We asked election workers about election denialism – Washington Post

On my Issue One Faces of Democracy trip I had the opportunity to do a video interview along with a few other election officials with the Washington Post. This short video talks about how we are dealing with election denialism and threats to our profession. https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/we-asked-election-workers-about-election-denialism/2023/06/16/8fdc39be-c26e-41ee-ba57-54037107251d_video.html

Virtual Panel with Faces of Democracy Election Officials – Issue One

I participated in a panel discussing my trip to Washington last week with Issue One’s Faces of Democracy. I appeared with Cisco Aguilar (Nevada Secretary of State, Democrat) and Tonya Wichman (Board of Elections, Defiance County, OH, Republican). Enjoy: Link to the even on Issue One website here: https://issueone.org/events/virtual-panel-with-faces-of-democracy-election-officials/ Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election newsContinue reading “Virtual Panel with Faces of Democracy Election Officials – Issue One”

Commissioner in a Car: Early Voting begins this weekend with the Golden Day

#earlyvoting for the June 27th primary starts this weekend. You can register to vote and vote by affidavit on the same day only on Saturday June 17, 2023. Go to onvote.net to get all information to vote in this June 27th primary. Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news updates

Ryan McMahon blasts suggested change to election calendar: ‘I’ve never seen anything more partisan’ – News channel 9

“Commissioner Czarny and his fellow Democrat elections commissioners officially remain neutral on the change, but he sees benefits. Specifically, the turnout. On average, he says Onondaga County has a 63% turnout in even years and 32% in odd years. … Commissioner Czarny and his fellow Democrat elections commissioners officially remain neutral on the change, butContinue reading “Ryan McMahon blasts suggested change to election calendar: ‘I’ve never seen anything more partisan’ – News channel 9”

Democratic NY lawmakers vote to change county election years. Local leaders cry foul – Syracuse.com

Czarny said he’s convinced the changes in the other election years will ultimately be good for democracy. “There’s going to be higher participation and many more voters choosing their representatives,” Czarny said. “That’s always a good thing.” https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2023/06/democratic-ny-lawmakers-vote-to-change-county-election-years-local-leaders-cry-foul.html

STATEMENT ON NY LEGISLATURE MOVING MANY LOCAL ELECTIONS TO EVEN YEARS

Yesterday the New York State Legislature passed a bill that would move many local elections from odd years to even year elections. The Democratic Caucus of Elections Commissioners looked at this bill and we decided not to support and remain neutral. We had concerns that we gave to legislative leaders. Some of these concerns wereContinue reading “STATEMENT ON NY LEGISLATURE MOVING MANY LOCAL ELECTIONS TO EVEN YEARS”