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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”

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“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”

“It is one of the more vile things that I’ve seen in my 10 years as commissioner,” Czarny said. The commissioners could only guess as to a motive. But Czarny said the impersonators are misunderstanding voter-registration rules. “They think that people are registered twice, once in another county and in this county, which happens atContinue reading “N.Y. elections board warns of impersonators coming to homes – Spectrum News”

Czarny said he suspects the problem is more widespread in Onondaga County. “If people have been approached, we want to hear from them,” Czarny said. https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2023/08/onondaga-county-investigating-complaints-of-voter-harassment-by-fake-election-officials.html

“Every election has about six months of lead time of preparation, at least to go into it,” Dustin Czarny, Democratic elections commissioner in Onondaga County, New York, told Spectrum News. “So we’re always preparing for multiple elections at the same time” https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2023/08/18/2024-election-expected-to-be-intensely-scrutinized-in-wake-of-trump-fraud-claims#