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If voters have questions ahead of going to vote, they can look for answers on the County Board of Elections website. Czarny said it has all the information necessary for casting a ballot.
“We have the most up-to-date information. You can look up your own voter registration, see what party you’re in, and also what polling place you need to go to tomorrow as well as get sample ballots,” Czarny said.
In this election eve podcast I talk about the numbers of Early Votes and Absentees returned, how polls will be open from 6am to 9pm tomorrow, and how you can go to onvote.net to get all election information. I also react to the SCOTUS decisions and talk about why voting isn’t enough but it is also one of the most important things we can do right now.
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We once again check in with Jarret Berg of Vote Early NY. We are in the middle of the 6th EV period in NY history. We talk about the expansion of EV as well as other legislative action taken this session and other electoral reforms that need to happen.
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Welcome back to #wonkywednesday. Each week I take a deep dive into the electoral and registration data that makes up our home in Onondaga County. This week I decided to start investigating the four Assembly districts in Onondaga County. I am starting with Assembly district #129 currently represented by Bill Magnarelli.
The 129th Assembly district starts in the city of Syracuse and works its way out west. In the City of Syracuse, it takes up all of the north portions of Syracuse including Eastwood, Sedgewick, and the North side including little Italy. It then snakes around the west end of Syracuse including the inner harbor and top hill and into Strathmore. It then goes south around the southern. of Syracuse’s valley section then it finally goes north into the university section of Syracuse. It also has the entire towns of Geddes and Van Buren in it. This Assembly district remained virtually unchanged in redistricting however it is possible for 2024 it may come under a different line due to ongoing court actions.
The City of Syracuse dominates the registered voter population with 68% of the registered voters. Geddes has 18% and Van Buren 14%. The heavy blue tilt of Syracuse also colors the voter population of the district. Democrats make up 45% of the district more than doubling the GOP at 21%. The Non-enrolled are actually in second place making up 29% of the population.
The City of Syracuse enrollment disparity dominates the district. Geddes and Van Buren are pretty much even towns with Geddes being slightly blue and Van Buren slightly red. However, the City of Syracuse extreme partisan divide not only gives Democrats the edge it also allows the non-enrolled to surge into second place.
This trend of Democratic dominance in this Assembly district is playing out over time. Since 2012 the Democrats have gained 1716 enrollment. The GOP in the meantime has lost 2476 enrolled members. In 2012 the Non-enrolled and GOP were virtually even but since then the non-enrolled grew by 2021 voters, outpacing even the Democrats.
This enrollment advantage has played out in performance as well. President Biden won this district by 34.25 points. Despite losing her race in 2020, Dana Balter won this district by 13.75 point. In the last gubernatorial year Governor Cuomo won this district by 21.54 points. Bill Magnarelli is the Assembly person for this district and has turned in back-to-back dominant performances in 2018 and 2020. His wins of +43.05 in 2020 and +52.62 in 2018 outperformed the top of the ticket in both years.
Perhaps because of the past performance there is no major opposition to Assemblyman Magnarelli in this year’s ballot. He will appear on only the Democratic line with no listed opponent. You can find Assemblyman Magnarelli on his official Assembly page: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/William-B-Magnarelli, on his campaign website http://www.magnarelli.com/, on facebook https://www.facebook.com/william.magnarelli and on twitter https://twitter.com/BillMagnarelli.
“It’s just unfortunate that democrats seem to be using this option way more than republicans for this primary…a 5 to 1 ratio. Unfortunately, the rhetoric of the national and state [republican] party has been to save your vote for election day. You see that in absentee numbers and in early voting numbers.”
Today I am carless because I am at Board monitoring #Earlyvoting. So I give you a quick sneak peek into how we monitor our polling sites at the BOE using our Knowink Poll Pads. Enjoy.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Early voting opens this weekend in the primary races for governor.
Tal Axelrod, a reporter for the Hill, joins Newsmakers to discuss the state of the races, both the Democratic and Republican.
Onondaga County Elections Commissioners Dustin Czarny and Michele Sardo talk about early voting.Onondaga County early voting locations and hours
https://www.localsyr.com/news/newsmakers/newsmakers-primary-races-for-governor/
This week I sit down with Alejandra Pollack the new Executive Director of the New York Democratic Lawyer’s Council. This group is the voter protection wing of the New York State Democratic Committee and plays a vital role in our Democracy. They are launching a helpline for voters this week: 1-888-3NY-VOTE (English) and 1-888-3NY-VOTA (Spanish). Enjoy.
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“It’s incredibly convenient and I think if you’re ready to vote and you know who you want to vote for and you’re near one of these sites or driving by one of these sites, remember it doesn’t have to be where you live. You can go to any one of these sites.” – Dustin Czarny, (D) Onondaga County Elections Commissioner
“More sites than we’ve ever had before, more hours than we’ve ever had before, you can go to any site in Onondaga County and vote, you’ll be checked in by the poll pad and we’ll print a ballot on demand with our poll print units here,” said Czarny.
The second primary will be in August, with different seats and candidates to vote for. Democrat Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny says its hard to say if the split primary this year will impact voter turnout.
“We’ve had bifurcated primaries before and its very confusing for voters. And that’s when we had years to plan for it and everybody knew in January what the races were and what races were when and now we just found out in may all of this has happened,” said Czarny.
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