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“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

“We are getting about a thousand forms a day over the last month and it is ramping up toward the end of the deadline. With DMVs and voter registration events closed all summer a lot of the registration that would have happened last year is happening now.” https://cnycentral.com/news/local/deadline-to-register-to-vote-in-ny-is-friday-heres-how-to-register

Czarny says the biggest mistakes you should avoid when sending your absentee ballot is either sending it in late or not signing the back of the ballot.“The biggest thing is coming in late, not being postmarked by November 3rd. The second biggest reason is not signing the back of the ballot (envelope) and not sealingContinue reading “100k expected absentee ballots in Onondaga Co. won’t be fully counted until after election – CNYCentral.com”