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I gave a tour to Luke Radel of Citrus TV of our warehouse and facilities at the Onondaga County Board of Elections. Check it out.

“We’re still seeing the effect of over a dozen years of gerrymandering, where many people feel like they can’t win in districts that are historically Republican,” Czarny said. “And also they’ve packed several districts that are historically Democrat that the Republicans aren’t even competing in.” https://www.waer.org/news/2023-10-16/most-onondaga-county-voters-will-see-limited-competition-for-district-seats-on-the-ballot

Czarny says his department was never called in person to testify to the Republican-dominated legislature about its needs during the budget process. And while the department has been beefed up the last few years with some extra full-time workers, it’s not enough. “We are still the lowest staffed board of elections in the state andContinue reading “Despite funding boost from county lawmakers, Onondaga County elections officials it’s not enough – WRVO”

I had a great time appearing on CitrusTV talking about local elections and why young voters ahoukd participate this year, check it out.

“We’ve given them this data. I stand by our data,” Czarny said. “It’s backed up by the New York State Board of Elections. It’s backed up by New York State election law.” He says, for example, that election law tells them how many inspectors they need per election district. “This is a math issue. It’sContinue reading “Board of Elections likely to go over budget in busy 2024 – WAER”

“Voters should not be harassed at their homes for just simply registering to vote and they should definitely not be told that election personnel are doing that. We just don’t have the resources to do that even if we wanted to and we would never go door-to-door,” Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said.Continue reading “Bill would make impersonating an elections official in N.Y. a felony – Spectrum News”

“It is kind of concerning now that we’ve learned that there’s at least two incidents of this happening, and I’m sure there’s more. These kinds of things often go unreported,” Czarny said. https://www.wrvo.org/2023-08-31/state-board-of-elections-issues-warning-about-fake-staff-members-going-door-to-door

In many cases, the targeted voters had purged registrations in one county but are actively registered in Onondaga County. While the scammers say this is in the wrong, Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny says it’s allowed. The Board of Elections says it would never approach voters by knocking on their front door. https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/people-come-forward-as-victims-of-possible-voter-intimidation-after-statewide-warning/ SubscribeContinue reading “People come forward as victims of possible voter intimidation after statewide warning – WSYR”