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“You have a Republican candidate with a Conservative line trying to win a Democratic district against a Working Families candidate with an independent line and another Democrat who is running on an independent line because of this court case that came about,” Czarny said.
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This week I talk about the close of independent nominating petitions on Tuesday May 27, 2025. 22 petitions and 36 candidates filed for spots on the general Election ballot. Tune in to find out who filed, why, and what the process is going forward.
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Happy to appear on The Jim Reith Show Unleashed to talk about the implications of the Even Year election legislation that has been found constitutional by a unanimous bi partisan vote of the 4th Department Appellant Division. Big Changes starting next year!
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This week I talk about all the stuff going on at the Onondaga County Board of Elections. School District elections on Tuesday. Vote BY mail ballots for the June 24th primary hitting the doors. Mail checks to every voter going out last week. Check it out and Enjoy.
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“A gubernatorial election will have anywhere from 55-60% turnout in Onondaga County,” Czarny said. “A presidential election will have anywhere from 72-77% turnout. An odd-year election will only have around 33% turnout, and that’s a good turnout year. It can be as low as 30%, 28%.”
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This week I talk about the 5-0 bi partisan unanimous ruling by the 4th department on the Even Year Election Legislation (EYEL). The EYEL will transform NY elections and I talk about the final steps in the litigation as well how things will transform between now and 2030. I also touch on Van Robinson, a Syracuse legend that had is life celebration today. Enjoy.
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Advocates of the law like Onondaga County Democratic Board of Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny believes moving local elections to even-numbered years, it will increase voter turnout. “By having elections aligned to when voters are traditionally Intuned to show up and go to the polls will mean more people will vote on these local offices and we will get a government that is more attuned to the general public.”
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For the last several; months I have been involved with litigation for the so-called Even Year Election law that moves many local offices to even year elections from odd years. Onondaga County named me in a defendant to this law and my attorney worked with the NY State Attorney General Office to defend the law. After an initial court loss in Onondaga Supreme Court in October of last year, there was a unanimous decision on the appeal in the 4th Department Appellate Division on May 7. 2025/ I am uploading that decision so followers of this page have easy access.
Governor Hochul, Speaker Carl Heastie, Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Sen. James Skoufis, Asm. Amy Paulin, Attorney General Letitia James and just about every Democratic lawmaker in state government did all the heavy lifting on this. I am happy to be a small part of this apparent victory. We will see where the Court of Appeals weighs in on this matter.
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I was honored to have this conversation with Khalid Bey and Robert Romeo about the need to combat election fraud and stand up for our Democracy. Enjoy.
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“This decision is a celebration of democracy,’’ said Dustin Czarny, Onondaga County’s Democratic elections commissioner.
“This legislation will ensure more voters will vote on more offices and we will have a government that is representative of all the people of Onondaga County and New York State,’’ Czarny said.
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Dustin M. Czarny