I appeared on Spectrum News Capital Tonight. We talked about Even Year election moves and the turnout for Early Voting this primary. Enjoy.
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Commissioner in a Car: Its primary day! What you need to know.
Democratic primaries in Syracuse, GOP primaries in Salina and Pompey, and Conservative primaries county wide. Check your polling place, registration and get more information at onvote.net
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Local primary races generate limited interest among Onondaga County voters in early voting – WAER
“This primary is relatively small in nature and the democrats tend to have more eligible voters up,” Czarny said. “And we saw that in the early vote about 83 percent of the early voting pool was democrats taking advantage of it.”
Commissioner in a Car: Village Election Eve
In this week’s episode I talk about the village elections scheduled for June 20, 2023 in Liverpool and North Syracuse. I also give an update on Early Voting for the June 27th Primary.
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NY state legislature votes to move some local elections to even-numbered years – WRVO
Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said there’s a stark difference in turnout between odd years, which feature local elections, and even years, with state and federal races on the ballot.
“In Onondaga County, we average, in even years, 63% turnout,” Czarny said. “In local years, odd years, it’s 32% turnout, so it’s almost double.”
We asked election workers about election denialism – Washington Post
On my Issue One Faces of Democracy trip I had the opportunity to do a video interview along with a few other election officials with the Washington Post. This short video talks about how we are dealing with election denialism and threats to our profession.
Virtual Panel with Faces of Democracy Election Officials – Issue One
I participated in a panel discussing my trip to Washington last week with Issue One’s Faces of Democracy. I appeared with Cisco Aguilar (Nevada Secretary of State, Democrat) and Tonya Wichman (Board of Elections, Defiance County, OH, Republican). Enjoy:
Link to the even on Issue One website here:
https://issueone.org/events/virtual-panel-with-faces-of-democracy-election-officials/
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Commissioner in a Car: Early Voting begins this weekend with the Golden Day
#earlyvoting for the June 27th primary starts this weekend. You can register to vote and vote by affidavit on the same day only on Saturday June 17, 2023. Go to onvote.net to get all information to vote in this June 27th primary.
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Ryan McMahon blasts suggested change to election calendar: ‘I’ve never seen anything more partisan’ – News channel 9
“Commissioner Czarny and his fellow Democrat elections commissioners officially remain neutral on the change, but he sees benefits. Specifically, the turnout.
On average, he says Onondaga County has a 63% turnout in even years and 32% in odd years.
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Commissioner Czarny and his fellow Democrat elections commissioners officially remain neutral on the change, but he sees benefits. Specifically, the turnout.
On average, he says Onondaga County has a 63% turnout in even years and 32% in odd years.”
Democratic NY lawmakers vote to change county election years. Local leaders cry foul – Syracuse.com
Czarny said he’s convinced the changes in the other election years will ultimately be good for democracy.
“There’s going to be higher participation and many more voters choosing their representatives,” Czarny said. “That’s always a good thing.”
Dustin M. Czarny 