I think between the two counties, only 14 ballots were disqualified out of 132,000 ballots,” Czarny said. “I don’t think the judge is going to throw out a whole bunch more.” Still, Czarny said voters shouldn’t write on the ballots or sign them. Mannion is clinging to a 17-vote lead, down from about 50 after the endContinue reading “Outcome of Central New York’s 50th Senate District race hinges on judge’s ruling – WAER”
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Commissioner in a car: #sd50 court preview, new election districts are coming
Today I talk about the lead for John Mannion falling to just 23 votes in #sd50 going into court tomorrow. I preview what to expect over the next couple of days and how this race may come to its conclusion this week. I also talk about the work we are doing to get ready forContinue reading “Commissioner in a car: #sd50 court preview, new election districts are coming”
Zoom with Czarny: Susan Lerner of Common Cause NY
This week I do a quick update on the pending court proceedings for #SD50 and then I interview Susan Lerner of Common Cause New York. We talk about the last election and priorities for election law reform in the next session of the NYS Legislature. Enjoy. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5DUuHAQIDrmBsKACBYWiW5?si=kc4NDgo4RdaHb-KhstIhSg Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all election news andContinue reading “Zoom with Czarny: Susan Lerner of Common Cause NY”
Recount slightly shrinks Mannion’s lead in state Senate race; result still uncertain – Syracuse.com
The Onondaga County Board of Elections said it had 100 ballots with objections. Sixty-five of those objections came from Shiroff’s lawyer, 24 came from Mannion’s and 11 were protested by both lawyers. Local election commissioners Dustin Czarny and Michele Sardo shared the same opinion on what should be done with 81 of the protested ballots.Continue reading “Recount slightly shrinks Mannion’s lead in state Senate race; result still uncertain – Syracuse.com”
Law aims to fix “Wrong Church”; problem that impacted 2020 votes, ensure votes count – CNYCentral.com
“CNY Central News spoke with Board of Election Commissioners from Onondaga County. Both Democrat Commissioner Dustin Czarny and Republican Commissioner Michele Sardo explained that affidavit ballots fitting this “Wrong Church” description are not counted and they estimated those ballots could make up about 10% of all affidavit ballots cast on any given Election Day. BothContinue reading “Law aims to fix “Wrong Church”; problem that impacted 2020 votes, ensure votes count – CNYCentral.com”
Commissioner in a Car: The Hand Count comes to an end, now its up to the judge.
This week I talk about the end of the manual hand count canvass for #SD50 today and what are the next steps to bring this race to a conclusion.. I also talk about our certification of 2022, the signing of the Wrong Church law, and redistricting lawsuits in Broome and Monroe and what that mayContinue reading “Commissioner in a Car: The Hand Count comes to an end, now its up to the judge.”
On Donald Trump’s call for termination of our constitution…
I have been struggling to talk about the former POTUS calling for the termination of our constitution. It is so incredibly dangerous to put this idea into the electorate. Its near insane to do so by tying it to lies about the last election. This is beyond anything before. Yes Trumps involvement in January 6thContinue reading “On Donald Trump’s call for termination of our constitution…”
Commissioner in a Car: 50k hand counted Ballots
I give an update on the hand count in the #SD50 race as we have canvassed over 50k of the 95k ballots in this race. We may be done by Tuesday. We also plan to certify the 2022 General election tomorrow. Visit onvote.net to get the results once done. Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for election newsContinue reading “Commissioner in a Car: 50k hand counted Ballots”
Hand recount ongoing in uncalled race for New York’s 50th Senate seat – Spectrum News
“For the most part, what we’re seeing is the hand count is confirming the machine count,” said Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny. “A couple of ballots here and there that are now counted or discounted because of the machines are incredibly accurate but when we are talking about a 50 vote race there’sContinue reading “Hand recount ongoing in uncalled race for New York’s 50th Senate seat – Spectrum News”
Oops. Green ink. Stray marks. Inside the largest hand recount in Onondaga County history – Syracuse.com
“It wasn’t like 2020 where we saw thousands of ridiculous objections,” Czarny said. “There were a minimal number of objections. I think it went like we thought it would.” https://www.syracuse.com/news/2022/11/oops-green-ink-stray-marks-inside-the-largest-hand-recount-in-onondaga-county-history.html
Dustin M. Czarny 