Dustin Czarny, Onondaga County’s Democratic Elections Commissioner, said the two proposals by Republicans change the makeup of District 16 to be 44% and 48% Black. The Democrat’s proposed map is 57% Black in that district. https://www.syracuse.com/politics/2021/12/republicans-democrats-propose-another-round-of-district-maps-after-racial-gerrymandering-accusations.html
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Final Onondaga County races decided by hand count – WRVO
“When people ask me next year whether their vote counts, these are the races I will point to,” said Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny in a tweet on Monday. “Your vote matters!” https://www.wrvo.org/regional-news/2021-11-23/final-onondaga-county-races-decided-by-hand-count?fbclid=IwAR2sSRU7FU3zZ2EpX4Mgqcqn4QN0NNXXhK6ty2PsHVGASxnpu8-ZRYpOUv4
McMahon vetoes Onondaga County redistricting map – Spectrum News
County Executive Ryan McMahon has vetoed a controversial redistricting plan for Onondaga County, according to Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/news/2021/11/23/mcmahon-vetoes-onondaga-county-redistricting-map
Onondaga County district maps headed to court unless McMahon vetoes, lawmaker vows – Syracuse.com
Dustin Czarny, the county’s Democratic elections commissioner and a member of the redistricting commission, said the division of towns like DeWitt and Geddes into multiple districts is a problem. That’s especially true in light of state legislation adopted this year emphasizing that districts should not “unjustly divide communities of interest. Too many of the newContinue reading “Onondaga County district maps headed to court unless McMahon vetoes, lawmaker vows – Syracuse.com”
Onondaga County absentee votes flip some races, strengthen others – WRVO
“Marcia Ferguson was down on election night, she was down by one vote for town councilor out in Geddes and now she’s the head by 36 [votes],” said Czarny. “So that race flipped.” https://www.wrvo.org/regional-news/2021-11-17/onondaga-county-absentee-votes-flip-some-races-strengthen-others
Onondaga County Board of Elections continues absentee ballot recount – CNYCentral.com
“We had a lot of races that were within the absentee ballot margin, so we had some observers here and that always slows down the process, but we expect to be finished up sometime tomorrow.” https://cnycentral.com/news/local/onondaga-county-board-of-elections-continues-absentee-ballot-recount
Election update: One Onondaga County Legislature race tightens after recount of early votes – Syracuse.com
“Before it was nearly impossible (for Waters) to catch up,’’ said Dustin Czarny, the county’s Democratic elections commissioner. “Now it’s only unlikely.’’ https://www.syracuse.com/news/2021/11/election-update-one-onondaga-county-legislature-race-tightens-after-recount-of-early-votes.html
Onondaga County races tighten after recount as absentee counting set to begin – WRVO
Other races Czarny said he’s keeping an eye on are Onondaga County Legislature’s 10th District seat, Geddes Town Board, and Solvay’s mayoral race.“ Those three have the highest likelihood of changing with the absentee universe that is out,” said Czarny. https://www.wrvo.org/regional-news/2021-11-15/onondaga-county-races-tighten-after-recount-as-absentee-counting-set-to-begin
Early voting ballots to be recounted in Onondaga County – WRVO
“The easiest and best way to comprehensively do this is to rescan all 10,000 ballots from early voting,” he said. “So those 800 ballots are counted, and included in the final counts.” https://www.wrvo.org/politics-and-government/2021-11-11/early-voting-ballots-to-be-recounted-in-onondaga-county
‘Anything is possible’ elections commissioner says on ballot recount for close races – CNYCentral.com
“There’s no reason to believe there’s intention because all the other steps that would let us know that this situation happened was followed…First we’re going to fix the problem and then we’re going to continue the investigation into how it happened.” https://cnycentral.com/news/local/anything-is-possible-elections-commissioner-says-on-ballot-recount-for-close-races
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