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“Look at this like the first quarter of a game,” said Dustin Czarny, the Democratic Onondaga County Elections Commissioner. “It’s not the whole game. Just the beginning and now they have to go out and get petitions.” Winning the designating vote allows more people to gather petitions for that candidate to ensure their place onContinue reading “Francis Conole Wins Vote On First Leg of Congressional Race – Spectrum News”

“With having a caucus…you have a party running an operation as opposed to a state government or county government running it with election officials,” he says. Even if there were a better developed app, Czarny says New York State’s current methods of handling elections are efficient enough as they are. “Our reporting system is betterContinue reading “Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Sees No Need For Election Apps – NCC News”

“This is not a situation of somebody trying to steal something,” Czarny said. “There are paper backups in Iowa, there are paper backups in New York. It’s an issue of technology glitch that has delayed results. But just because results are delayed does not mean they are being tampered with.” https://cnycentral.com/news/local/local-election-officials-working-to-avoid-technical-issues-during-april-primary

“The quicker somebody can check-in, get their ballot, and vote, and leave, the more likely they’re going to repeat that experience,” said Czarny. Happy to continue to improve this with KNOW.ink this year.

In Onondaga County, Democratic Board of Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said their biggest vulnerability is with outside vendors they use. On election night last year, a technical glitch from a vendor delayed election results.” It was a 45-minute delay that felt like 45 years,” Czarny said. “We learned how not to have that problem inContinue reading “Katko on election cybersecurity: New York is further ahead than other states – WRVO”

“Those tabletop exercises will allow commissioners to think off their feet and be able to resolve problems as they come up because we don’t know what the problems are going to be,” said Dustin Czarny, the Democratic Elections Commissioner for Onondaga County. https://cnycentral.com/news/local/local-officials-come-together-to-talk-election-security

“We’re concerned too but we’re taking steps to make sure that everything is going to work in a way that the votes are counted, counted accurately, and the results are able to be posted in a timely way,” said Onondaga County Democratic Board of Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/news/2020/01/21/preparing-cyber-security-for-elections-

Elections commissioners from Onondaga County and Oswego County both attended the briefing. They said they need more IT help to deal with the amount of technology that’s now required for elections. “This is our new normal,” said Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny. Election system is vulnerable to cyber attacks, but paper ballots offer back-upContinue reading “Election system is vulnerable to cyber attacks, but paper ballots offer back-up security in NY – Syracuse.com”

“Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said Majok’s win is “going to be a boon for the growing refugee community here in central New York and specifically the city of Syracuse.”“They see this as a victory for them and they now have a voice on the city council that will cater to their specific needs,”Continue reading “‘Lost Boy’ of Sudan Wins New York State District Councilor Seat – VOA News”

Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said in the coming years, he expects the county will save money in two places: They won’t have to print the paper books of voter rolls, which costs between $10,000 and $30,000 a year. And the county will need about 100 fewer poll workers, which will save between $20,000Continue reading “400 New iPads Increase Voting Efficiency in Central New York – govtech.com”