Final ballots to be counted in Syracuse-area State Assembly race – WRVO

Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said there’s no way to predict how Tuesday’s count will go.

“One could make the argument that [Magnarelli] should win the absentees the way he won the absentees and Mo should win the affidavits the way he won the election day, but what I have found is that late-breaking ballots just react differently than everybody else.”

https://www.wrvo.org/2026-06-29/final-ballots-to-be-counted-in-syracuse-area-state-assembly-race

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Federal investigators accuse Onondaga County poll worker of outing an already outed undercover ICE agent – WAER

She notified her boss, Election Commissioner Dustin Czarny who arrived too late to see the agents but said polling witnesses assured him there were no voters at the site when the agents stepped inside.

Therein lies the rub, it appears the agents violated state election laws that restrict only necessary people enter the polling centers while voting is in progress.

“Law enforcement or fire safety personnel would only be there if responding to an emergency, which does not seem to fit the billing of this incident,” said Czarny, then added that he will leave that judgement, “in the capable hands of others to decide.”

In the meantime, he has flagged the Election Board and the Attorney General’s office and said he has heard the AG is reviewing the case.

https://www.waer.org/news/2026-06-26/federal-investigators-accuse-onondaga-county-poll-worker-of-outing-an-already-outed-undercover-ice-agent?_amp=true

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Election worker says federal officers confronted her at polls over social media post criticizing ICE – AP News

Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said he responded to the polling place shortly after the incident, spoke with poll workers, made sure voting wasn’t disrupted and “connected Paige to resources.”

https://apnews.com/article/ice-poll-worker-syracuse-fa082f8ac25d019e93b526fdef37df6c

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Uncounted ballots rise in tight NY Assembly race between Brown and Magnarelli – Syracuse.com

But the additional ballots that arrive by mail in the coming days will likely be small. In most elections, the number of ballots that arrive by mail slows to a trickle after the first two or three days following an election, said Dustin Czarny, the county’s Democratic elections commissioner.

https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2026/06/uncounted-ballots-rise-in-tight-ny-assembly-race-between-brown-and-magnarelli.html

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Tarver leading Bullock in Democratic primary for 16th Onondaga County Legislature seat -Syracuse.com

With Election Day, early voting and absentee ballots received through Sunday, Tarver held a 73-vote lead over Nyatwa Bullock. That gives Tarver about 54% of the total vote counted so far.

But according to the Onondaga County Board of Elections, there are 91 vote by mail ballots received that have not yet been tallied, said Dustin Czarny, Democratic Election Commissioner.

https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2026/06/tarver-leading-over-bullock-in-democratic-primary-for-16th-onondaga-county-legislature-seat.html

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ICE agents confront New York poll worker during voting, as state prosecutors review incident – Democracy Docket

Czarny said the confrontation did not affect voters and did not disrupt voting procedures at the site. However, the elections commissioner expressed concern that it will heighten fears of federal law enforcement interference in the upcoming midterms.

“People are scared,” Czarny said. “I want to assure the public, especially in my county, that we’re going to do everything we can to make sure polling operations are safe and secure in every election we hold.”

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/ice-agents-poll-worker-syracuse-new-york-polling-site-primary-elections/

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Syracuse poll worker says ICE agents targeted her at primary election polling place -Spectrum News

Dustin Czarny, the Democratic elections commissioner at the Onondaga County Board of Elections, said ICE’s presence was inappropriate.

“There was no emergency inside this polling place. There was no urgency to this matter that this had to be done during the hours of 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. on June 23,” Czarny said.

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/news/2026/06/25/ice-agents-at-syracuse-poll

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Onondaga County voters stumble on status and location issues – News Channel 9

“On May 29, the Aloft hotel notified us of a convention that was booked, and that they wouldn’t be able to service us on election day,” Czarny said.

“We updated our website (county). It looks like there may have been a snafu on the upload to the state website. We were notified at 9 AM this morning (June 23) that the issue had happened, and we fixed it right away.”

https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/onondaga-county-voting-challenges

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Brown leads Magnarelli but race too close to call in Central NY’s 129th Assembly District – Syracuse.com

“The average age of early voters was 61.3 years, compared to 58 years for those who voted by 6:30 p.m. on Election Day, said Dustin Czarny, the county’s Democratic elections commissioner.”

https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2026/06/brown-leads-magnarelli-but-race-too-close-to-call-in-central-nys-129th-assembly-district.html

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