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Cayuga County will begin counting absentee ballots on Saturday, according to Katie Lacey, one of the county’s election commissioners. Dustin Czarny, the Democratic elections commissioner in Onondaga County, said they will start counting absentee ballots on Monday, Nov. 9. https://auburnpub.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/absentee-ballots-to-decide-auburn-area-ny-senate-race-between-mannion-renna/article_1f2a6447-ede4-5e3d-b059-d191addac6a5.html

They’re opening them. Getting them ready. Then our office staff goes through to see if they’re good or not,” Czarny said. “Once we get that determination, they’re filed away. And then this room gets locked up at night.” https://cnycentral.com/news/local/absentee-ballot-counting-to-begin-next-week-in-central-new-york

Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said there needs to be several more early voting sites in the future. “To make sure that people don’t have to travel too long to a voting site, and we don’t have these long lines,” Czarny said. It was a huge increase in early voting this year, compared to onlyContinue reading “Onondaga County voters break turnout record set in 2008 – WRVO”

“Around 9:15, 9:30 p.m., we’ll start posting the early voting results. The election results will start physically being driven into our offices to be posted on our website, around 10 p.m. The absentee results, so the 53,000 people who voted by absentee, we can’t even start counting that until November 9,” said Onondaga County BoardContinue reading “The wait is on for counting absentee ballots – WSYR9”

Every step of the process requires one Democrat and one Republican to work as a team. The board has 16 full-time employees plus a temporary staff of 10 and more seasonal workers who can be called in to help, county Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said. https://www.syracuse.com/politics/2020/11/after-historic-election-day-in-onondaga-county-what-happens-now-to-count-each-vote.html

Starting Nov. 9, the board of elections will give daily reports on absentee ballot results, Czarny said. By the time county officials begin counting these votes, there will probably only be 5,000 or 10,000 additional mail-in ballots. Czarny said he expects three-quarters of the results to be available on election night, but the county willContinue reading “When will voters see the results of the election? – Daily Orange”

“That is the untold heroes, stories of the heroes out there because most of the people in this office have been working 12 hour days since October 1 with no days off to get this done. That means a tremendous strain on families.” https://www.waer.org/politics-government/2020-11-02/candidates-make-last-push-for-votes-before-tuesday-election-day

“I think we’re looking at ridiculous turnout,” said Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny https://www.syracuse.com/politics/2020/11/2020-election-early-turnout-numbers-are-ridiculous-in-onondaga-county.html

Czarny said that this is a new “modern record” for raw voter turnout. https://www.localsyr.com/news/your-local-election-hq/over-221k-people-have-voted-in-onondaga-county-this-year/

Dustin Czarny, commissioner of the Onondaga County Board of Elections, has said he expects three-quarters of the election results to be available on election night, but the county will likely not be done counting mail-in ballots until the end of next week. Starting Nov. 9, the board of elections will give daily reports on absentee ballot results.