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This week I site down with two of the City of Syracuse Independent Redistricting Commission, Jason Belge and Jacqueline Lasonde. They reveal their draft map for the City of Syracuse 5 district council seats. They will have 5 more meetings on this where you can give feedback before the release a final map. Find outContinue reading “Zoom with Czarny: City of Syracuse Redistricting Commissioners Jason Belge & Jacqueline Lasonde”
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Czarny understands that redistricting can be an uphill battle and causes confusion amongst not only voters—but also elections professionals and even candidates—which is why he’d like to see the process changed. “I’d much rather see a process where citizens are doing the redistricting, as we see in the city of Syracuse, as opposed to whenContinue reading “Upcoming primaries: dates you need to know – CNYCentral.com”
Welcome back to #wonkywednesday. Each week I take a deep dive into the electoral and voter registration data that makes up our home here in Onondaga County and across New York State. It is that time of year where I start to focus on the races this fall and the registration data that makes themContinue reading “Wonky Wednesday: New York State Registrations”
This week I talk about the draft maps released by the Special Master Johnathan Cervas. These maps, if approved, will serve as the NY congressional maps for the August 23, 2022 primary and for the next ten years. You can see the maps on DRA here Congress: https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::22a818db-e3bd-4246-95eb-381c48802da1 Senate: https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::ad0a597f-d50c-4f44-85be-34c926cd7bf3 And all maps are onContinue reading “Commissioner in a Car: Draft Maps on NY Congressional and Senate maps released by Special Master”
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I joined Andrew Donovan for an extended look at the multiple hurdles Boards of Elections have to face in 2022 elections. Congressman Tom Reed’s sudden resignation will likely force another election for voters in New York’s 23rd District. A special election to fill his vacancy will likely fall between the first primary in June andContinue reading “Newsmakers: Congressional vacancy forced by Reed resignation could force five elections for some voters”
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Checking in today in a special Commissioner in a Car to talk about the release of the political calendar for the August 23, 2020 primary. Designating petitions run 5/21-6/10, Independent petitions run 5/21 – 7/5. Candidates who fled petitions during March for the June primary get to file a certificate. Enjoy. Subscribe to dustinczarny.com forContinue reading “Commissioner in a Car: What we know about the August 23rd Congressional & State Senate Primary.”
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“They’re going to be certifying their election while they’re running the August election more likely, because of early voting. And early voting will happen for the special election as well,” explained Czarny. Meanwhile, Congressman Reed’s office says they’ll serve the district until a replacement is chosen. “It’s not good or ideal for the people. YouContinue reading “Special election likely for NY’s 23rd congressional district between two primaries-CNYCentral.com”
Today I announce all 10 sites for Early Voting in Onondaga County and which 8 sites will be open for the primaries. I also announce the hours of operations. More sites and hours then ever before. The Federal court has said it is ok to move Congressional primary to August 23rd and we are stillContinue reading “Commissioner in a Car: Early Voting in Onondaga County and what we know of NY Redistricting”
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New York has held bifurcated primaries in recent years, Czarny said, but this year is “exponentially harder than the other ones,” at least for local boards of elections, he said. “We still don’t know the candidates or maps. We had years to prepare for this before,” he said, adding that finding polling places and inspectorsContinue reading “You ask, we answer: What happens next with redistricting in New York? – Democrat and Chronicle”
In this week’s episode I sit down with CUNY professor Steven Romalewski. He is one of the senior developers of a phenomenal redistricting website, newyork.redistrictingandyou.org. This site allows you to track and try and make sense of the many twists and turns in the different lines in NY redistricting. Enjoy. Like and subscribe to dustinczarny.comContinue reading “Zoom with Czarny: Steven Romalewski of CUNY’s NY Redistricting and You”
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