“Czarny said thousands of new voters registered after Democrats dropped President Joe Biden and nominated Vice President Kamala Harris to challenge Trump.” https://www.syracuse.com/politics/2024/09/2024-election-onondaga-county-voter-registration-breaks-record-with-a-month-to-go.html
Category Archives: Interviews
Elections Commissioners on the need for poll workers ahead of early voting – WSYR 9
Commissioner Sardo and I appeared on WSYR to talk about the need for poll workers ahead of this year’s election. Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news updates
New board of elections ‘pre-clearance’ rules start this weekend – Spectrum News
However, Dustin Czarny, the Democratic Elections commissioner of Onondaga County, which is one of the covered entities, believes Burns is exaggerating the impact of the new rules. “The determination to move a polling place, whether its annually or at the last minute, is still going to be made by the bipartisan board of elections,” CzarnyContinue reading “New board of elections ‘pre-clearance’ rules start this weekend – Spectrum News”
Syracuse, NY22 a major target for Democrats looking to flip the House blue
“We’re expecting many more thousands of voter registration forms,” Czarny said, “anyone who has to win a race in Onondaga County, has now got to make sure that they’re talking to not just their party base.” https://cnycentral.com/news/local/syracuse-ny22-a-major-target-for-democrats-looking-to-flip-the-house-blue Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news updates
Expect voting lines to be shorter with New York court’s mail-in ballot decision – CNY Central
“This is changing the way people vote,” said Onondaga County Board of Elections commissioner Dustin Czarny. “They used to be able to send in an absentee ballot– and go to the polls and have that ballot wipe out the absentee one– however now if an absentee ballot is requested, that’s the live ballot.” https://cnycentral.com/news/local/new-york-voting-mail-in-ballots-absentee-onondaga-county-board-of-elections-2024-presidential-collection-dustin-czarny#
Early mail-in voting still an option for Onondaga County voters after court ruling – WAER
Democratic commissioner Czarny says they can detect tampering with ballot envelopes and other questionable activity. “If there is any deficiency, whether intentional, or most often unintentional, we have a cure process that notifies the voters of the deficiency in their ballot and gives them a chance to contact us to correct it. Or, if theyContinue reading “Early mail-in voting still an option for Onondaga County voters after court ruling – WAER”
RFK Jr. campaign plans to appeal N.Y. Supreme Court judge’s ruling disqualifying him from the state ballot – Capital Tonight Spectrum News
“I think, telling people where you live is actually kind of a low threshold where to cross. It’s an easy question to answer for most people and I think that’s something that Mr. Kennedy should have taken into account before he filed his paperwork,” https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-region/politics/2024/08/13/court-disqualifies-rfk-jr–from-ny-ballot Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news updates
N.Y. election experts: Dem presidential candidate change follows the law – Spectrum News
Dustin Czarny, who chairs the state Elections Commissioner Association’s Democratic Caucus, said Biden’s decision to drop out won’t change anything in the election process. “I’m pretty confident in a lot of the election attorneys on both sides of the aisle who came out over the weekend saying that the convention is the ballot access processContinue reading “N.Y. election experts: Dem presidential candidate change follows the law – Spectrum News”
CNY voters hit the polls to decide on a Democrat to challenge NY-22 seat – CNY Central
“I think this seat has been rated as the top flippable seat in the country. Whoever the voters choose today will come into a seat that is a very competitive seat,” said Czarny. “I think we’ll see what happens after today, but I have no reason to believe that wins today won’t have a greatContinue reading “CNY voters hit the polls to decide on a Democrat to challenge NY-22 seat – CNY Central”
Thousands of New York voters received texts with misinformation about polling sites. – NY Times
Dustin M. Czarny, the Democratic elections commissioner in Onondaga County, which includes Syracuse, said he had received reports that the inaccurate messages had reached voters in his county, as well as those on Long Island and in Westchester County, where Representative Jamaal Bowman has been trying to fend off a challenge from the county executive,Continue reading “Thousands of New York voters received texts with misinformation about polling sites. – NY Times”