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On the other side of a bipartisan office sits Dustin Czarny, the Democratic elections commissioner in Onondaga County. He highlighted the turnout of about 40,000 Democrats and the support from unaffiliated voters. He emphasized the successful targeting of key districts, “4, 5, and 10 were all targets for us, and almost every year for theContinue reading “‘They didn’t just win, they crushed it,’ Democrats flip the Onondaga County Legislature – CNY Central”

Democrats turned out to vote in higher numbers Tuesday than the last two elections, said Dustin Czarny, the Democratic county elections commissioner. More importantly, he said, Republicans stayed home. He also said independent voters – a block that has been growing among young voters – likely leaned 3-1 for Democrats. Democrats even won highway superintendentContinue reading “Democrats ride blue wave to historic wins in Onondaga County: ‘People want something different’ – Syracuse.com”

“If a voter comes in, they check in on the poll pad. The poll pad prints out a ballot and the voter then fills out the ballot, slides it into the scanner,” described Czarny. “The scanner tabulates it, but no one knows the results till they come here on election night.” https://cnycentral.com/news/local/what-happens-after-you-cast-your-ballot-heres-what-election-officials-say Subscribe to dustinczarny.comContinue reading “What happens after you cast your ballot? Here’s what election officials say – CNY Central”

“Voting yes on that ballot will do two things: It will move the Onondaga County Legislature from a two-year term to a four-year term starting in 2026and then it will also put a 12-year term limit,” explained Czarny. https://cnycentral.com/news/local/onondaga-county-voters-to-decide-on-term-limits-for-legislators /s

It must be said that these are not independent candidates for the most part,” he said. “Most of these candidates appear on a major party line. And because of our unique system of fusion voting in New York, it allows their name to appear multiple times.” https://www.waer.org/news/2025-10-28/together-we-can-neighbors-helping-neighbors-community-first-why-so-many-independent-parties Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and electionContinue reading “Together We Can. Neighbors Helping Neighbors. Community First. Why so many independent parties? – WAER”

Czarny said that while he expects one intended result of the move —  higher turnout for the races which have been transplanted — to come to fruition, the other intended benefit — lower costs for local governments — will probably not be significant in the near term. “Over the next five-10 years, I wouldn’t sayContinue reading “As N.Y. state law is upheld, off-year elections aren’t really going anywhere just yet – Capitol Tonight Spectrum News”