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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

“The things that can drop your registration is, not that if you didn’t vote, but if you moved or we get a piece of information back saying you moved. These are the things that can make your registration no longer good so make sure to go to our website onvote.net you can double-check your registration,”Continue reading “Friday is the last day to register to vote – WSYR9”

NewsChannel 9 spoke with Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny on Thursday about the voter registration deadline. https://www.localsyr.com/news/your-local-election-hq/oct-9-marks-voter-registration-deadline/

Much of the uptick according to Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny, is a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic. “Voter registration during the summer and spring was almost non-existent because of the coronavirus,” Czarny said. “The DMV’s were closed. They usually generate new voter registration changes, address changes, and they got pushed untilContinue reading “Onondaga County voters break turnout record set in 2008 – WRVO”

Any race where the candidates are within 10 percentage points or fewer will be too close to call on election night, Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said. https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2020/10/nys-2020-election-results-could-come-closer-to-thanksgiving-than-election-day-heres-why.html