Elections Professional and Activist
“The proposal was similar to a plan adopted by the Syracuse Common Council and approved by city voters last year. Mayor Ben Walsh, Common Council President Helen Hudson and other city councilors had urged the county legislature to approve Ryan’s proposal…
GOP lawmakers clearly came to the meeting prepared to vote down the proposal.”
“This has been a persistent problem,” said Dustin Czarny,…“The Boards [of Elections] are bound by the law and the law is clear. If a postmark is not on there and we receive them after June 23rd, we cannot count those ballots,” said Czarny.We should look at receive by date in New York instead of postmarks.
Today I sit down with NY redistricting expert Jeff Wice. He is the cco0chair of the redistricting committee for the National Conference of State Legislators as well a professor at NY school of law and Census expert. We talk Census, Redistricting in NY state, as well as the independent redistricting proposals throughout the nation and here in Onondaga County
https://www.facebook.com/dustinmczarny/videos/3300510680173990
As of Thursday, about 22.5% of the absentee ballots were scanned, Czarny said. So far, that has not changed the order of who got the most votes:
2 Syracuse city court challengers widen leads as absentee counting begins – syracuse.com
The organizers of Fair Maps CNY Perrine Wasser and Iren workman join me with Dewitt Town Board member Karin Rigney and OCL Legislator Mary Kuhn. Check out fairmapscny.org for more information or join the Rally for Independent Redistricting and to end Gerrymandering July 7th at noon.
https://www.facebook.com/dustinmczarny/videos/268520424238984
Today I talk about how we are getting ready for absentee counting and thoughts on the redistricting effort in Onondaga County.
https://www.facebook.com/dustinmczarny/videos/2523903297922451
“I think It would lead to more competitive races, and I’m always for that,” said Czarny.
This week’s Zoom with Czarny features Susan Lerner of Common Cause New York. We discuss the June 23rd primary throughout New York and her work with Fair Maps CNY.
https://www.facebook.com/dustinmczarny/videos/292479898599116
“What we’re seeing has been playing out across the nation” said Dustin Czarny, Onondaga County’s Democratic elections commissioner. “At its base, despite the pandemic and no real presidential primary race, Democratic voters are going to the polls.”
“We’ve been very clear about expectations we don’t expect to have certified results until July 8 or 9 at least,” said Czarny.
Dustin M. Czarny