Category Archives: Interviews

“I’m really proud of this because it revolutionized how we deal with campaigns and the media,” said Czarny,… by making this information readily available, it allows the Board there to focus on their primary jobs: processing voters and running elections. https://gothamist.com/news/yang-campaign-knows-who-voted-early-and-board-elections-says-you-can-too

“We have conferred with county health and will have masks on hands for those who want to use them and are asking all unvaccinated to continue masking,” Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny confirmed. https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2021/06/masks-no-longer-required-for-vaccinated-voters-in-onondaga-county-with-one-exception.html

“It’s low,” Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said. “It’s always low for primaries and it’s even more low for local primaries.” https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2021/06/less-than-1-of-voters-turn-out-in-4-days-of-early-voting-in-syracuse-primaries.html

“We are at a brisk pace for requests. We have more requests than we did four years ago for the 2017 mayoral primaries. More people are voting by absentee now,” https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/news/2021/06/15/absentee-ballot-applications-are-due-today-for-upcoming-primary-election

Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny says he thinks voters will continue to use all of their options even as we emerge from the pandemic. “We’re learning that voters like the different models; you have mail-in voting, early voting, and election day. Eventually, we’re going to see an electorate that equally participates in each of theContinue reading “Early Voting Underway In Onondaga County For This Month’s Primaries – WAER”

“I think early voting and offering a three-stream electoral model where you have early voting and ample use of absentees and of course election day is the healthiest way to run an election,”

“We are at a brisk pace for requests. We have more requests than we had four years ago during the 2017 mayoral primaries, so, more people are voting by absentee now that it is more permissive than it was, but we are not seeing the 13,000 requests that we got last year during this time,”Continue reading “Early voting begins Saturday in Onondaga County – Spectrum News”

Democrat Dustin Czarny and Republican Michele Sardo talks with NewsChannel 9’s Christie Casciano and Jeff Kulikowsky. https://www.localsyr.com/news/your-local-election-hq/onondaga-county-elections-commissioners-talk-about-early-voting-covid-19-protocols-and-more/

“We shouldn’t be planning for lower turnout,” Czarny said. “We should be planning for moderate turnout with the ability to surge. We should be willing to accommodate whoever wants to vote.” https://www.syracuse.com/news/2021/06/why-there-are-9-days-of-early-voting-for-syracuses-mayoral-primary.html

“We’re at the highest registration we’ve ever been,” Czarny said. “We’re higher than we were last year still because registration has been more steady the last few months as opposed to last-minute rush… that’s because people are registering online” https://www.wrvo.org/politics-and-government/2021-05-28/voter-registration-remains-high-in-onondaga-county-june-primaries-have-had-good-turnouts