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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

NewsChannel 9 spoke with Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny and Elections Commissioner Michele Sardo on Wednesday about the changes coming to voting due to the pandemic.

“I think the governor made the right decision given the resources that local governments have right now,” Czarny said. “It’s a tough call. I know the candidates have expended resources. But those resources for voting contacts are going to serve them in the November election as well.” https://auburnpub.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/mixed-opinions-as-cuomo-cancels-auburn-area-ny-senate-special-election/article_c2faeab2-2d2a-554e-9181-b4f4cef6e6bc.html

Former Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders announced earlier this month that he had suspended his campaign. This cleared the way for former Vice President Joe Biden. NewsChannel 9 spoke with the Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny on Monday about the change:

“There are 1.2 million inactive voters in New York. These are people we don’t have proper addresses for, and their only option is to show up on Election Day,” Czarny said https://gothamist.com/news/ahead-june-primary-cuomo-directs-board-elections-mail-voters-absentee-ballot-applications