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Dustin Czarny, Democratic caucus chair of the New York State Elections Commissioners Association and an elections commissioner in Onondaga County, urged Cuomo to sign the measures.“ I believe that is something that is appropriate and should be done so voters can make that choice to stay safe and stay home and vote by mail,” heContinue reading “Election officials call for more funds, resources ahead of general election – The Telegraph”

“I need time. That’s the thing I need the most right now. I need to know that my engagement is, what I can do on the ground so I can educate the voters in my county,” Dustin Czarny of the New York State Election Commissioners Association said. “And every day that goes by and votersContinue reading “State elections leaders plead for state help with the November election – WHEC”

Dustin Czarny, a democratic commissioner, said they desperately need federal funds to pay for the mail-in method. “We’re talking about 26,000 absentees in the primary, and about 150,000 absentees for the general election,” said Czarny. “This is a cost-factor local counties can’t absorb on their own.” https://cnycentral.com/news/local/mail-in-voting-are-election-officials-ready-for-november

“By switching to an opt-out system, more voters will be registered and we will have more accurate voter rolls than ever before,” he said. “This will lead to more participation and less chance of disenfranchisement.” https://auburnpub.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/ny-lawmakers-to-ok-automatic-voter-registration/article_42921360-3c92-5173-aef6-8c0dcda2061a.html

“This has been a persistent problem,” said Dustin Czarny,…“The Boards [of Elections] are bound by the law and the law is clear. If a postmark is not on there and we receive them after June 23rd, we cannot count those ballots,” said Czarny.We should look at receive by date in New York instead of postmarks.Continue reading “Here’s What Could Invalidate Your Absentee Ballot. And It’s Beyond Your Control – Gothamist”

As of Thursday, about 22.5% of the absentee ballots were scanned, Czarny said. So far, that has not changed the order of who got the most votes: 2 Syracuse city court challengers widen leads as absentee counting begins – syracuse.com

“I think It would lead to more competitive races, and I’m always for that,” said Czarny. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/politics/2020/06/30/bill-could-allow-independent-citizens-to-redraw-legislative-districts

“What we’re seeing has been playing out across the nation” said Dustin Czarny, Onondaga County’s Democratic elections commissioner. “At its base, despite the pandemic and no real presidential primary race, Democratic voters are going to the polls.” https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2020/06/cny-democratic-congressional-primary-records-highest-vote-total-in-38-years.html

“We’ve been very clear about expectations we don’t expect to have certified results until July 8 or 9 at least,” said Czarny. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/politics/2020/06/24/onondaga-county-board-of-elections-ballot-counts-start-next-week

“It’s starting to rival the 2016 presidential primary with Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, which was a record for Onondaga County at the time and I think we’ll be challenging that,” added Czarny.