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“This is substantially low turnout that had Republicans do well in the areas they had power and Democrats do well in Syracuse (except mayor), Dewitt and Manlius,” Czarny said on Twitter. “In many ways, this is a status quo election locally. However, these races continue and we will count every vote.” http://web.dailyorange.com/2021/11/onondaga-county-lowest-voter-turnout-since-2015/

Onondaga County Democratic Board of Elections Commissioner Dustin M. Czarny said in a tweet just over 30% of county voters cast a ballot in this year’s election, which is lowest since 2015. https://www.waer.org/2021-11-03/a-number-of-local-races-to-be-determined-by-absentee-ballots

“In my mind, that guy’s a hero,” said Czarny. “Because he kept his calm and tried to deal with the situation so the other people in the polling place weren’t as disrupted.” “He’s a model poll site manager and I hope I don’t lose him,” said Czarny. https://cnycentral.com/news/local/video-shows-two-voters-yelling-profanities-causing-disruption-in-polling-place

Before the election, polling site workers were trained on what to do if someone refused to put a mask on and how to make sure people who didn’t want to wear a mask could still vote.“ No one was refused a ballot for refusing to mask,” Czarny said. https://www.syracuse.com/news/2021/11/some-syracuse-area-voters-who-didnt-want-to-wear-a-mask-took-it-out-on-poll-workers.html

For the mayoral election primaries in the summer, voter turnout was the lowest in 36 years. On Tuesday, about 30% of registered voters participated in the election, according to a tweet from Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny. About 93,000 people cast a ballot. Onondaga County voters discuss priorities for mayoral election at polling sites – The DailyContinue reading “Onondaga County voters discuss priorities for mayoral election at polling sites – The Daily Orange”

Dustin Czarny, the Democratic Commissioner for the Onondaga County Board of Elections, shared in a Tweet that Central New York’s voter turnout was close to 93,000 out of 303,390 this year. Czarny says turnout was about 30.7% but could grow as affidavits and absentee ballots come in. https://cnycentral.com/news/local/live-updates-2021-central-new-york-election-results-syracuse-mayor

“Participation in our elections is a good thing,” Czarny said in an interview. “And yes it will take more resources, but I will note that the New York state budget gave us funding to prepare for the eventual passage of this amendment.” https://www.npr.org/2021/11/02/1051305287/new-york-voters-have-their-say-on-expanding-access-to-the-ballot

“Almost 15,000 people (in Onondaga County) have voted early through absentee or early voting,” Czarny said. “It’s a decent jump from 2019. We’ll have to see if that means a decent jump in turnout.” https://www.wrvo.org/politics-and-government/2021-11-02/early-voting-continues-to-grow-as-election-day-arrives