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In many cases, the targeted voters had purged registrations in one county but are actively registered in Onondaga County. While the scammers say this is in the wrong, Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny says it’s allowed. The Board of Elections says it would never approach voters by knocking on their front door. https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/people-come-forward-as-victims-of-possible-voter-intimidation-after-statewide-warning/ SubscribeContinue reading “People come forward as victims of possible voter intimidation after statewide warning – WSYR”

“It is one of the more vile things that I’ve seen in my 10 years as commissioner,” Czarny said. The commissioners could only guess as to a motive. But Czarny said the impersonators are misunderstanding voter-registration rules. “They think that people are registered twice, once in another county and in this county, which happens atContinue reading “N.Y. elections board warns of impersonators coming to homes – Spectrum News”

Czarny said he suspects the problem is more widespread in Onondaga County. “If people have been approached, we want to hear from them,” Czarny said. https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2023/08/onondaga-county-investigating-complaints-of-voter-harassment-by-fake-election-officials.html

“Every election has about six months of lead time of preparation, at least to go into it,” Dustin Czarny, Democratic elections commissioner in Onondaga County, New York, told Spectrum News. “So we’re always preparing for multiple elections at the same time” https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2023/08/18/2024-election-expected-to-be-intensely-scrutinized-in-wake-of-trump-fraud-claims#

Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said voters won’t notice a big change, but he hopes they’ll have a better experience. “(The new machines are) smaller, they’re quicker, they hold more ballots, there’s less chance of paper jams,” he said. https://www.wrvo.org/elections/2023-08-14/board-of-elections-hopes-new-voting-machines-will-help-onondaga-county-leap-into-the-future

The new devices, made by @clearballot, will replace the 15-year-old scanners.. “It had a 10-year life span, and we were well beyond that. It was time to make the change, and we wanted to make the change before the next presidential election.” said Czarny https://www.localsyr.com/news/your-local-election-hq/hersheys-chocolate-or-gummy-bears-fun-election-used-to-test-onondaga-countys-new-voting-machines/

Dustin Czary, the Democratic Onondaga County Elections Commissioner said, “What the voter will see is you’re going to see less lines at the scanners because it’s quicker, less paper jams that happen on election day because the system has a lot less moving pieces to it.” https://cnycentral.com/news/local/onondaga-county-boe-unveils-new-voting-machines-ahead-of-november-general-election#

Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny says the system is also more efficient. “You’re going to see less lines at the scanners because it’s quicker, less paper jams that happen on Election Day because the system is has a lot less moving pieces to it.” https://www.waer.org/news/2023-08-10/onondaga-county-unveils-new-voting-system

He said the systems come with ballot printers that can store more than 1,600 different ballot configurations that might be used across the county’s 441 election districts. “We can store a whole county’s ballots on one machine,” Cazrny said. “This would allow us to go full on-demand. If everything is working well in 2024, weContinue reading “New York County’s New Voting Machines Could Change Voting – Government Technology”

“The voter is still going to get a paper ballot and they’re still going to fill it out and deposit it into a scanner,” he said. “But it will be quicker and more efficient. We believe we’ll be able to process more voters per hour with these scanners.” https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2023/08/onondaga-countys-new-voting-machines-could-revolutionize-the-way-you-vote.html