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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

About 93,000 people voted in this election, a turnout of about 30%, Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said on Twitter. This marks a decrease of 5% from the 2017 turnout, the last mayoral election.