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Zoom with Czarny: Christine Wood of Public Citizen

This week I talk to Christine Wood, co-director of Declaration for American Democracy for Public Citizen. We talk about her organization’s actions to improve voting rights nationally with a House GOP majority set to block any congressional legislation. We also talk about how states are taking the lead in this fight as well. Enjoy. SubscribeContinue reading “Zoom with Czarny: Christine Wood of Public Citizen”

Commissioner in a Car: Political Calendar is out.

This week I go over important dates from the NYS Political Calendar released last week for both candidates and voters. You can get the full political calendar at onvote.net. Enjoy. Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news updates

The Weekly Wonk: The Towns of Onondaga County

Welcome back to the #WeeklyWonk. Each weekend I release an article on a subject relating to elections in Onondaga County and New York State. Often these articles will have detailed stats to consume but sometimes they will be a recap of a prominent issue or on relevant election law. I am turning my eye toContinue reading “The Weekly Wonk: The Towns of Onondaga County”

Zoom with Czarny: Alec Lewis of O’Donnell and Associates

This week I speak to Alec Lewis of O’Donnell and Associates. Alec was recently employed by the New York State Senate Democratic Conference and shares some thoughts on NY state politics with the opening of the legislative session in New York and the State of the State. Enjoy. https://anchor.fm/zoomwithczarny Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all contentContinue reading “Zoom with Czarny: Alec Lewis of O’Donnell and Associates”

2023 NYS Elections Commissioner Association Democratic Caucus Legislative Priorities

(At last week’s NYSECA conference the NYSECA Legislative committee propsed a legislative package that was supported by both caucuses and with near unanimous support of the entire association. The Democratic Caucus of Commissioners have adopted all of these bi-partisan recemondations and hacve a few more we are making as a caucus in addition. Below isContinue reading “2023 NYS Elections Commissioner Association Democratic Caucus Legislative Priorities”

Commissioner in a Car: Recap of the NYSECA winter conference.

This week I recap the NYSECA winter conference last week. I also go over the legislative agenda agreed to on a bi-partisan basis that will be the focus of our requests to Albany this year. https://anchor.fm/zoomwithczarny Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for content and election news updates

The Weekly Wonk: Onondaga County 2023

The Weekly Wonk: Onondaga County Election Day and Overall Turnout

Welcome back to the #WeeklyWonk. Each weekend I release an article on a subject relating to elections in Onondaga County and New York State. Often these articles will have detailed stats to consume but sometimes they will be a recap of a prominent issue or on relevant election law. I previously broke down each electionContinue reading “The Weekly Wonk: Onondaga County Election Day and Overall Turnout”

Lawsuit against Onondaga County legislative maps wins first major legal milestone.

On January 12, 2023 we won a major victory in our lawsuit against Onondaga County Legislative maps. The County has spent the last three months delaying our suit asking for it to be dismissed on a technicality instead of defending their illegal maps. Their motion has now been dismissed and we can now move toContinue reading “Lawsuit against Onondaga County legislative maps wins first major legal milestone.”

Zoom with Czarny: Jeff Wice on NY redistricting

I once again welcome back my friend Jeff Wice on from New York Law School back to the program. As a national expert on redistricting we do a focus on the NY Assembly redistricting process and a round up of all redistricting cases around New York. Also there is a new theme song for ZoomContinue reading “Zoom with Czarny: Jeff Wice on NY redistricting”