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The vote totals from the election, which included absentee ballots, are final subject to a hand count for the trustee races. According to Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny, this is done if the results are within 20 votes.

A total of 77 voters cast ballots countywide Saturday and 93 voters showed up on Sunday, said Dustin Czarny, a county elections commissioner. He said the totals are among the lowest since New York began allowing early voting in the 2019 election. https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2024/03/ny-presidential-primary-draws-sparse-turnout-as-early-voting-starts-in-onondaga-county.html

Onondaga County Elections Commissioner, Dustin Czarny says the villages of Solvay, East Syracuse, Tully and Elbridge changed their election from March to November since 2016. Since the change, Czarny says all four villages saw a significant increase in the year after moving their elections. https://www.localsyr.com/news/your-local-election-hq/voters-weigh-in-on-proposition-to-move-village-election-to-general-election/amp/

Yet New York is moving ahead with a primary election that will cost Onondaga County taxpayers between $250,000 and $350,000. Most of that expense is to pay for 675 election inspectors to staff 126 polling sites across the county, said Dustin Czarny, an Onondaga County elections commissioner…. He is among those advocating for New YorkContinue reading “New York presidential primary spans 9 costly days for a race that’s already decided – Syracuse.com”

Dustin Czarny, Democratic Caucus Chair NYS Elections Commissioner Association said, “The one house budget by the NYS Senate once again invests in our Democracy by giving local Boards of Elections the resources they need. In addition to the nearly 15 million assigned for electronic poll book upgrades they also invested 10 million in aid to localitiesContinue reading “Statements In Support Of The 2024 Senate Majority One-House Budget Proposal – Harlem World”

Dustin Czarny, an elections commissioner in Onondaga County, New York, submitted written testimony in advance of the hearing underscoring the “sophisticated and continuously validated processes” that help keep our elections safe and secure, while calling on congressional leaders to invest in the country’s critical election infrastructure now and over the long-term in order to meetContinue reading “Members of Issue One’s Faces of Democracy testify before Congress about challenges facing U.S. elections – Issue One”

Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said this divide in politics nationally has driven people to local politics instead. “I think the underreported story over the last four to eight years is while national politics has gotten bad, that has driven interest in local politics as well.” https://cnycentral.com/news/local/local-politics-sees-a-surge-in-interest-amid-national-tensions#

“A village resident belonging to that group said that judging by data collected of other local villages that was shared this month by Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny, a November election is likely to increase turnout in village elections compared to the number of people that vote in March.”

“There’s a few winners, there’s a few losers,” Czarny said. “New York 1 is a Republican district that got more Republican and then you’ve got our district–New York 22–that actually didn’t change at all.” https://www.waer.org/news/2024-02-28/democratic-state-lawmakers-could-implement-new-congressional-district-map-as-early-as-wednesday

“I’m hoping that we have a final nap by February 27th,” Czarny said. “That is when petitioning is supposed to start and. Any real delay past that date puts in jeopardy the political calendar that’s in place now.” https://www.waer.org/news/2024-02-17/county-lections-officials-urge-nys-legislature-to-act-quickly-on-new-congressional-map