Category Archives: Interviews

“It’s just going to be a record turnout. We expect, and hopefully are prepared, for the volumes that are coming,” said Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny. https://cnycentral.com/station/local-elections-officials-make-final-preparations-for-early-voting

We are using everyone we can and we have backups right now. We need extra people this year because of COVID-19. We have to make sure we are cleaning, staffing and making sure we have six-foot social distance. So, that requires extra people to help us out with that. DEMOCRATIC BOARD OF ELECTIONS COMMISSIONER DUSTINContinue reading “More than 1,700 Onondaga County neighbors applied to be Election inspectors – WSYR9”

Czarny said today he misspoke. “What I meant was at the end of our enrollment period I believe we will surpass the 2004 record,” he said. https://www.syracuse.com/news/2020/10/onondaga-county-will-know-in-2-weeks-if-it-hits-new-voter-enrollment-record.html

Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said nearly 50,000 out of the 120,000 absentee ballots he expects to get in the mail have already come in. He’s still concerned with the board’s ability to afford all the extra work needed to process those votes, saying they could use more state funding. “We’re having to basicallyContinue reading “NY officials optimistic about fixes to mail-in voting system – AP News”

Czarny said a last-minute surge is typical, but it is exaggerated this year because of the coronavirus. Places where people normally would have registered, such as the state Department of Motor Vehicles … were closed or canceled over the summer. https://www.syracuse.com/politics/2020/10/2020-elections-how-many-have-voted-by-absentee-ballot-in-onondaga-county-oct-16.html

As of 2:30 p.m., about 26,300 ballots had been received at the Board of Elections, according to Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny….“I’m very happy that people are acting with urgency and acting early in this election,” he said. https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2020/10/onondaga-county-sets-new-record-for-absentee-voting-18-days-before-election-day.html

“A drowning man looks for any branch he can find,” he said. “That’s pretty much where we’re at, especially with the federal government abdicating their responsibility in providing money to local governments and election security.”

County Democratic Elections Comissioner Dustin Czarny tweeted that means that the county is fewer than 3,000 registrations away from the 2004 record, and only about 7,000 absentees away from breaking the June presidential primary record.  https://www.localsyr.com/news/your-local-election-hq/onondaga-county-nearing-record-for-number-of-registered-voters/

“It is amazing that we are even getting close to that because law changes that were put in place in 2004 dramatically reduced the number of people on the books that we would take off because of the mail checks every year,” said Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny. https://www.localsyr.com/news/your-local-election-hq/onondaga-county-on-the-verge-of-having-record-number-of-registered-voters/

The biggest advice he and candidates have if people choose to vote by absentee ballot? Request is as soon as possible.” We really suggest October 20th, to give us enough time to mail the ballot to you and for you to mail it back,” Czarny said. https://www.wrvo.org/elections/2020-10-13/officials-and-candidates-have-advice-for-anyone-voting-absentee-this-year-mail-in-your-ballot-early