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“I’ve heard from a lot of our people that things were going pretty well,” said Dustin Czarny, the chair of the New York State Election Commissioners Association’s Democratic caucus. “Any time you’re putting new technologies into the field, you’re going to run into some snags. But that’s another reason for doing early voting; you haveContinue reading “‘A whole new world’: Tales from New York’s first taste of early voting – Politico”

Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said only a few minor problems were quickly corrected at the county’s six polling sites. Those problems included outlets without power and paper jams in ballot printers. “We’re pretty happy with how today went,” Czarny said. “We saw steady flows all day long at all of our polling sites.”Continue reading “New York early voting: See how many cast ballots on Day 1 – Syracuse.com”

“I’ve testified a few times in Albany about making sure that the state helps these counties pay for this reform, because it’s a vital reform. We don’t want counties doing the bare minimum just because of the dollar amount .” DUSTIN CZARNYDEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS COMMISSIONER, ONONDAGA COUNTY https://www.localsyr.com/news/your-local-election-hq/early-voting-what-to-know-going-into-the-historic-election-season/

“All of our poll pads are on their own their own individual cellular-connected networks, so we can keep anyone from hacking them,” said Czarny. “They are all encrypted communications through Verizon. We could, if we need to, deploy mobile hotspots and get on the wifi of the polling places themselves in an emergency.” https://www.wrvo.org/elections/2019-10-24/electronic-poll-books-being-deployed-in-many-locations-as-early-voting-begins

“I released the data on request from Syracuse.com because I believe in transparency and it is what Mr. Beadnell should have done at the outset of this matter. It is disturbing that Mr. Beadnell has confirmed he made false assumptions to inflate my time and still has not done even the most basic research intoContinue reading “Comptroller’s report on moonlighting county employee: some homework, some guesswork – Syracuse.com”

“It is the first year and this is one of our lowest turnout years in our cycle. But what we have seen in other states is that over time, early voting increases its usage tremendously. Wherever they start off at, every year it grows in popularity, so we’re hoping that it’ll do that [here].” https://www.waer.org/local-news/2019-10-23/skip-the-line-early-voting-begins-saturday-in-onondaga-county-and-across-the-state

In a statement, Czarny said Beadnell grossly exaggerated the hours Czarny spent ridesharing, and a simple interview would have cleared it up. Read some of Czarny’s statement below. I have maintained throughout this process that I did not do anything wrong and that Mr. Beadnell was mistaken in both his reading of the law andContinue reading “Onondaga County elections commissioner did not break law by working extra jobs during office hours – WRVO”

“Mr. Beadnell’s gross exaggeration of the hours spent ridesharing, whether on purpose or through incompetence, was a direct result of him never truly investigating the matter,” Czarny added. “A simple interview with me could have cleared this up.”  https://auburnpub.com/blogs/eye_on_ny/onondaga-county-da-elections-commissioner-didnt-commit-crime-by-driving-for-uber-lyft/article_e41c3ca3-32be-5c52-812c-03751a080c24.html

Czarny today accused Beadnell of grossly exaggerating the time he spent driving for Uber and Lyft. “I am grateful to District Attorney Fitzpatrick and his team for doing this investigation and uncovering the truth,” Czarny said. DA Fitzpatrick: ‘No crime’ for elections commissioner to drive for Uber during work day – syracuse.com

“Mr. Beadnell’s gross exaggeration of the hours spent ridesharing, whether on purpose or through incompetence, was a direct result of him never truly investigating the matter, said Czarny. https://cnycentral.com/news/local/da-no-charges-for-onondaga-co-democratic-elections-commissioner-who-drove-for-uber-lyft