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“We’ve had 740 early voters. Compared to this time in 2023 and 2021, we’re looking at 110% and 55% increases,” said Dustin Czarny, Democratic Elections Commissioner for Onondaga County.
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“Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny noted that after six days of early voting, 1,033 people have cast ballots, up from 685 in 2023 and 534 in 2021.”
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Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said this year has seen a better turnout then the past two primaries.
“For the first two days we had 384 people over the weekend. That’s actually pretty good for a primary,” he said. “If you compare it to the two other primaries that we’ve had early voting, 2021 we had 190 people 2023 we had 280 people over those first two days.”
One big reason why is the race for the Democratic Syracuse mayoral nominee. The race is between Common Counilors Pat Hogan and Chol Majok, and Deputy Mayor Sharon Owens.
Czarny said that race is fueling early voter turnout.
“Obviously the city of Syracuse mayoral race is the big one – 348 of those 384 were inside the city of Syracuse,” Czarny said.
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But the big question is– can Garelick even run? He currently lives in Cazenovia. NewsChannel 9 took that question to Onondaga County’s election commissioner
“He may be able to run, but the real question is, can he serve? Because you can run in New York State if you are not a resident of a political subdivision, said Dustin Czarny, “Sometimes villages have unique rules and that’s why we have to research this.”
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I do a quick recap of where Early voting stands. Then I talk about the N. Syracuse Village election and the unique issues we are trying to overcome. Check it out.
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Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny says voters registered in political parties will choose a number of candidates for the general election during this primary season.
“We have Democrats inside the city of Syracuse as well as County Legislature 8, Republicans in Elbridge, Cicero, and Pompeii, and Conservatives in Elbridge that have primaries this year,” said Czarny.
The most high profile race is in the city of Syracuse, where three candidates are hoping to win the Democratic line for mayor on the November ballot. It’s an open seat this year, because of term limits for current Mayor Ben Walsh. Still, Czarny expects only about 8,000 voters out of the city’s 40,000 registered Democrats will come out and vote.
“Primaries are one of the lowest voter turnouts of any of our election cycles,” Czarny said. “And since only the Democrats are eligible to vote in the primary, that shuts down the number quite a bit.”
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This week I preview the Early Voting period for the June primary that starts this Saturday. Find out who, where, and when you can vote early for this primary. To get all your EV and voting information visit Onondaga County Board of Elections at onvote.net.
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“I feel bad that they feel that more people participating in government will mean that they will vote against them.
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“The facts are more people will be voting on these elections, and more citizens will have a say..That’s a good thing,” Czarny said.
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County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said the board’s goal is to go through independent petition challenges so that they can issue preliminary determinations on Monday and then hold hearings on Friday, June 13.
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The Town of Lysander is holding a special election on June 9th from noon to 9pm asking the question whether their Town Highway Superintendent should be elected or not. I go over why special elections are called and who runs them in this episode. Enjoy.
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Dustin M. Czarny