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“This is all unprecedented, and that’s why we’re calling for delay,” Czarny said. “We need to figure this all out….This is only a very small portion of what he must deal with right now, but it would be nice to know what to do,” he said of the governor. “Time is ticking.” https://buffalonews.com/news/local/coronavirus-puts-special-election-for-ny-27-in-doubt/article_17b93460-3e56-545b-8aff-16186c7d3b60.html

A news release from Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny and Republican Commissioner Michele Sardo also asked for the increased use of absentee ballots and to give local election officials more flexibility in securing poll sites and workers for the June primary.

“This is all unprecedented, and that’s why we’re calling for delay,” Czarny said. “We need to figure this all out.” Time is also looming as a factor, Wallace said, since the state’s new election laws call for early voting to start on April 17. And Czarny noted that any executive order issued by Cuomo wouldContinue reading “Virus could delay primary, cancel NY-27 special vote – Buffalo News”

“Voters should not have to choose between risking their health and exercising their right to participate in our Democracy,” Democratic election commissioner Dustin Czarny said in a news release. https://www.syracuse.com/coronavirus/2020/03/postpone-the-presidential-primary-onondaga-co-election-officials-join-statewide-push.html

“We have election workers who don’t want to work. We have polling places who don’t want us to be there. We have this stay at home order that we don’t know when that’s going to be lifted,” said OCBOE Democratic Commissioner Dustin Czarny. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/news/2020/03/24/should-nys-postpone-the-democratic-presidential-primary-

“We’re not guaranteed we’ll be out of this situation it’s supposed to explode in the next 45 days but it’s not going to get magically better after that. We have to prepare for it.” https://cnycentral.com/news/local/onondaga-co-board-of-elections-endorses-recommendation-to-postpone-april-primary

“Voters shouldn’t have to choose from exercising their right to vote and their health,” he said. “It will be a very complicated election now in April with specials, village and presidential primary. But we will work with our village clerks and make sure they have the resources they need.” https://www.syracuse.com/coronavirus/2020/03/new-york-delays-village-elections-until-april-28-due-to-coronavirus.html

“This is literally the first step into having your right to have a choice this fall and maybe in the summer primary as well.” https://www.waer.org/politics-government/2020-02-28/cny-candidates-to-knock-on-doors-for-petition-signatures

They say when you sign a petition it has to be for a candidate in your party, and you can only sign for one candidate per race. “It does not mean you have to vote for this candidate all it does is allow this candidate to get on the ballot so you have choice thisContinue reading “Petition season in Central New York: Candidates trying for enough signatures to get on the ballot – WSYR9”

“Even in Onondaga County this has been happening for quite some time but it accelerated since 2016 where the suburban towns, the larger suburban towns are starting to become more Democratic,” adds Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny. https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/party-shift-in-voter-registration-in-onondaga-county-suburbs-now-favor-democrats/