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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

The change from an at-large vote for town board members to a ward system would be “very unusual,” said Dustin Czarny, Onondaga County Board of Elections commissioner, a Democrat. Salina and Camillus both have had ward systems for years. Czarny said he can’t remember any effort to switch to a town ward system in atContinue reading “As Democrats gain in Syracuse suburbs, GOP wins chance to change one town’s elections – Syracuse.com”

“We felt that Clear Ballot was the right option for Onondaga county,” said Dustin Czarny, Onondaga County Democratic board of elections commissioner. “We were going to choose one of the four vendors, the old machines had run their course, and all vendors represented a large leap in technology for us but we felt the ClearContinue reading “Onondaga County Board of Elections will use new voting system for future elections – CNY Central”

The machines used in Onondaga County will still require paper ballots, but it will allow for faster processing at the polls, according to the Elections Commissioner for Onondaga County, Dustin Czarny. Czarny said these new county machines are a 20-year leap in technology, and they will be ready to use for voting in the fall.Continue reading “New York State Board of Elections approves new voting machines – Newschannel 9”

“This primary is relatively small in nature and the democrats tend to have more eligible voters up,” Czarny said. “And we saw that in the early vote about 83 percent of the early voting pool was democrats taking advantage of it.” https://www.waer.org/news/2023-06-26/local-primary-races-generate-limited-interest-among-onondaga-county-voters-in-early-voting

Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said there’s a stark difference in turnout between odd years, which feature local elections, and even years, with state and federal races on the ballot. “In Onondaga County, we average, in even years, 63% turnout,” Czarny said. “In local years, odd years, it’s 32% turnout, so it’s almostContinue reading “NY state legislature votes to move some local elections to even-numbered years – WRVO”

“Commissioner Czarny and his fellow Democrat elections commissioners officially remain neutral on the change, but he sees benefits. Specifically, the turnout. On average, he says Onondaga County has a 63% turnout in even years and 32% in odd years. … Commissioner Czarny and his fellow Democrat elections commissioners officially remain neutral on the change, butContinue reading “Ryan McMahon blasts suggested change to election calendar: ‘I’ve never seen anything more partisan’ – News channel 9”