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Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny suspects more people chose to vote in person than expected, as only 65,000 absentees have been requested of the 100,000 expected.

“It definitely talks about enthusiasm, talks about people valuing democracy, and acting right now. We expected higher turnout this year and I continue to expect it,” Czarny says. https://cnycentral.com/news/local/registered-democrats-lead-record-breaking-early-voter-turnout-in-onondaga-co-so-far

About 1,000 voters were filing through each hour Monday morning, Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said in a tweet https://www.syracuse.com/politics/2020/10/2020-elections-onondaga-county-to-add-hours-for-early-voting-this-weekend.html

“voters lined up down the block outside a polling site … Dustin Czarny, Onondaga County elections commissioner, said 8,473 of the county’s 328,052 registered voters had checked in to the polls as of 1:45 p.m. .. surpassing the total votes .. in 2019.” https://www.audacy.com/wben/news/politics/lining-up-for-hours-in-2nd-day-of-early-voting-in-nys

 Early voter turnout in Onondaga County has surpassed the 2019 General Election Early Voting totals within only two days, according to Onondaga County Election Commissioner Dustin Czarny. https://cnycentral.com/news/local/early-voting-turnout-in-onondaga-county-surpasses-last-years-totals-within-2-days

The application form allows people to designate someone to submit the in-person application and pick up an absentee ballot for the voter, Czarny said. All you have to do is print out the form, fill it out, and put the name of the designated person on the sixth line. The Board of Elections doesn’t require anyContinue reading “NY elections: If I’m in a coronavirus quarantine, can I still vote? – Syracuse.com”

Out of the over 5,000 voters that participated in the first day of early voting in Onondaga County, nearly 3,000 were registered Democrats, according to Onondaga County Election Commissioner Dustin Czarny. https://cnycentral.com/news/local/high-turnout-among-registered-democrats-for-first-day-of-early-voting-in-onondaga-co

“We expect a record turnout upwards of 75% or higher overall,” said @OCBOE Commissioner Dustin Czarny. “It is unknown how many people are expecting to come to early voting but recent opinion polling shows 30% of the public planning to vote early.” https://cnycentral.com/news/local/early-voting-in-new-york-starts-saturday

This episode of quiz the commissioners can be summed up with “Wear a mask, but nothing with a candidates name when coming to the polls” https://cnycentral.com/news/local/what-can-you-wear-to-the-polls-yes-there-are-rules

And no matter how perfect the ballot and the ballot envelope are, it won’t be counted if it arrives too late, Czarny said….In June, 344 absentee ballots arrived too late, according to county data.“ There’s no cure that will fix that,” Czarny said. https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2020/10/ny-elections-if-you-screw-up-absentee-voting-this-year-you-might-get-a-do-over.html