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Dustin Czarny, the Democratic Elections Commissioner for Onondaga County, said population imbalance is a problem across the board. Czarny, who displayed the current maps at the meeting, said the area around Syracuse University’s South Campus is an extreme example. “It’s a very transient district, where students only reside in their sophomore year, but you haveContinue reading “Respect neighborhood borders, North Side community tells Syracuse redistricting committee – WAER”

“Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny indicated the pace of voting was very brisk, with a vote being processed every 1.15 minutes throughout the 15 hours the polls were open.”

As the 2020 Census approached, Czarny and another advocate for nonpartisan redistricting, Susan Lerner, executive director of the good government group Common Cause New York, pushed for the citizen-led model to be adopted in Syracuse. The Onondaga County Legislature rejected the idea. But the Syracuse Common Council voted to adopt it, and city voters approvedContinue reading “15 Syracuse citizens set out to redraw the city’s political maps; ‘We’re so apolitical’”

From Your Local Election Headquarters, villages across Central New York are holding elections Tuesday.  Seven villages have opened the polls. Dustin Czarny, the Onondaga County Board of Elections Democratic Commissioner, joined NewsChannel 9 to talk about the big day.  https://www.localsyr.com/news/your-local-election-hq/interview-village-election-day/

Dustin Czarny, the Democratic elections commissioner for Onondaga County, was one of the dozen commissioners who signed the letter and watched that election unfold from the neighboring district. “One of the most frustrating things that I have to do as an election commissioner is invalidate a ballot for any reason,” Czarny told City & State,Continue reading “Going to the wrong polling place might not mark the end for your ballot – City and State”

“As seats tilt heavy towards one party, the primary election starts to become more important than the general (election),” said Dustin Czarny, Onondaga County’s Democratic elections commissioner. Czarny said it’s clear the winner of the June primary in Central New York will be considered the frontrunner in November against any Republican or Conservative Party challenger.Continue reading “Why the Democratic primary for Congress is Central New York’s most important in decades – Syracuse.com”

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The state’s process started with a bi-partisan commission approved by voters in 2014. But the job was handed to lawmakers after it failed to agree on a single set of maps. Czarny says the commission couldn’t be called independent. “The word ‘independent’ was not part of the ballot proposal because of a court ruling thatContinue reading “Onondaga County Elections Commissioners weigh in on new congressional and state legislative districts – WAER”

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“I would ask anybody who’s considering this option, at least let us see what happens in New York City over the next couple of cycles … before we jump on this bandwagon and do something,” Czarny said. “Let’s see how it works in another municipality and then learn from their mistakes and then decide whetherContinue reading “Syracuse leaders consider prospect of noncitizen voter eligibility – The Daily Orange”

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