Category Archives: Interviews

“The only thing that is anonymous about the voting process is who you actually vote for. Your name, your address, your party registration, whether you vote or not, how you vote, whether absentee or not is a matter of public records,” said Dustin Czarny, Board of Elections Commissioner.  https://www.localsyr.com/news/what-kind-of-voter-information-is-made-public-your-stories/

“The law was originally intended to keep party bosses from being able to get all their friends to register in the party and flip an election or flip a primary right before the primary happens,” Czarny said. “It’s a very long sequester.” Czarny said that’s why there were complaints from people who were too lateContinue reading “Deadline hits to change political party enrollment for 2018 NY primary – WRVO”

“Instead of going door to door, people chose to collect signatures in large group gatherings,” Czarny said. “A lot of these people weren’t registered to vote, weren’t registered to vote at the right address, or weren’t even in the party.” https://www.wrvo.org/politics-and-government/2017-09-12/voters-in-new-york-go-to-the-polls-on-primary-day

Candidates must get a certain number of signatures on a petition to make it onto the ballot. For Democrats, that number is 1,000. Republicans must get 508 petition signatures. An independent candidate without a party must get 1,349 signatures because they can get signatures from anybody in the city rather than only registered party members,Continue reading “An explanation of the 2017 Syracuse mayoral race, its candidates and the issues they’re running on – The Daily Orange”

BOE Commissioner Dustin Czarny says his latest estimate in April showed about three percent of voters in the city of Syracuse were registered with the Independence party. https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/lavine-gets-independence-party-endorsement-walsh-seeks-write-in-votes/

Onondaga County Board of Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny says there are two main reasons candidates can be knocked from the race:  If they failed to collect enough signatures from registered Democrats within the city, or if their witnesses to those petitions were not qualified.  “Every candidate has had a general objection filed against them, whichContinue reading “Syracuse Mayoral Democrats Turn in Petition Signatures; One Candidate Switches to Libertarian Party – WAER”

Dustin Czarny says there was no piece of the election here however impacted in any way by this hack. “Election security is of the upmost importance to the Board and we believe our safeguards in place prevented anything from happening and we have no indication that anything did happen.”  Czarny says. He adds that theContinue reading “Onondaga Co. Elections partner hacked by Russians report says – WSYR9”

Democrat Commissioner Dustin Czarny says it’s common to be in need of election inspectors following a big presidential election year. And Republican Michelle Sardo says that starting the scouting process early helps the training process. https://www.localsyr.com/bridge-street/as-seen-on/onondaga-county-hiring-election-inspectors/

Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny says, “When we’re talking about election security, when we’re talking about protecting the vote and protecting the voters the elections inspectors are one of the most important cogs in the machine.  They are our eyes on the ground.  They check the rolls, they make sure people get theirContinue reading “Onondaga Co. looking for people to be election inspectors – WSYR9”

“There are a lot of people who wanted to take part in this election and they thought ‘I’m in a state of early voting,’” he said. “They came into our office wanting to vote, and they can’t.” Czarny said Onondaga County doesn’t see long lines at polling places because over 180 poll sites are locatedContinue reading “Early voting, automatic and same-day registration may be coming to New York under newly proposed bill – The Daily Orange”