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“it’s safer now and more sure now than it’s ever been because we’ve implemented technology like electronic poll books and centralized systems we can easily detect if somebody double votes,” Czarny said. https://cnycentral.com/news/local/onondaga-county-sees-surge-in-mail-in-ballots-for-primary-election

Democratic elections commissioner Dustin Czarny says normally, primary elections have a lower voter turnout. “That being said, we’ve seen an incredible amount of activity on the absentee side. So I do expect a higher turnout election, but whether that’s an in-person vote or an absentee vote, that’s yet to be determined,” Czarny said.

The change is part of officials’ efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus, said Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny. Before Covid-19, the county used about 20 nursing homes or senior living facilities as polling places. Seniors are especially vulnerable to the coronavirus. Nursing homes still do not allow visitors in New York. So thoseContinue reading “2020 NY elections: Did your polling place change? It’s a coronavirus precaution”

“Dustin Czarny, who serves as Onondaga County’s Democratic elections commissioner, said the board is still receiving as many as 600 application requests a day. “It’s unprecedented, so we don’t know what this means for turnout,” Czarny said. “ https://auburnpub.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/election-boards-in-cayuga-onondaga-counties-encouraged-by-absentee-ballot-returns/article_5e6edb8c-1916-5038-a9aa-c39035ef4792.html

NewsChannel 9 spoke with Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny on Tuesday, June 9 about the upcoming June Primary. Click the video below to watch the full interview.

Jones turned in some of the new registrations today at the Onondaga County Board of Elections. Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said he had not yet received the forms gathered by other volunteers at Tuesday’s protest. https://www.syracuse.com/news/2020/06/syracuse-protester-registers-voters-because-without-a-vote-no-one-can-hear-you.html

“We’ll be working eight-hour days on Saturday and Sunday to try to get ahead of this,” Czarny said of the 16-member Board of Elections staff that processes applications. https://www.syracuse.com/news/2020/05/election-2020-voters-flood-onondaga-county-with-mail-in-ballot-requests.html

“You know the winners declared on election night were never official winners anyway,” Czarny said. “They aren’t official until they are certified 25 days later. So the instant gratification of the results may be delayed unless the outcome is severely lopsided.” https://www.wrvo.org/elections/2020-05-28/voters-must-register-by-friday-to-be-eligible-for-june-23-primary

Voters across the state, including in Onondaga County, may have received in the mail an application for an absentee ballot for the coming New York primaries on June 23. Several states have made this an option during the COVID-19 pandemic if voters don’t feel safe enough to personally go to the polls. Onondaga County DemocraticContinue reading “What You Need to Know About Absentee Voting in the June Primaries – Spectrum News”

Zeigler had collected enough signatures to be certified by the county’s Board of Elections. But Lamendola’s ruling removed the candidate from primary ballots, which are being mailed starting this week, county Democratic election commissioner Dustin Czarny said. https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2020/05/judge-boots-gop-lawyer-from-dem-primary-for-syracuse-judge-cites-fraud-in-petition-drive.html