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Before the election, polling site workers were trained on what to do if someone refused to put a mask on and how to make sure people who didn’t want to wear a mask could still vote.“ No one was refused a ballot for refusing to mask,” Czarny said. https://www.syracuse.com/news/2021/11/some-syracuse-area-voters-who-didnt-want-to-wear-a-mask-took-it-out-on-poll-workers.html

For the mayoral election primaries in the summer, voter turnout was the lowest in 36 years. On Tuesday, about 30% of registered voters participated in the election, according to a tweet from Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny. About 93,000 people cast a ballot. Onondaga County voters discuss priorities for mayoral election at polling sites – The DailyContinue reading “Onondaga County voters discuss priorities for mayoral election at polling sites – The Daily Orange”

Dustin Czarny, the Democratic Commissioner for the Onondaga County Board of Elections, shared in a Tweet that Central New York’s voter turnout was close to 93,000 out of 303,390 this year. Czarny says turnout was about 30.7% but could grow as affidavits and absentee ballots come in. https://cnycentral.com/news/local/live-updates-2021-central-new-york-election-results-syracuse-mayor

“Participation in our elections is a good thing,” Czarny said in an interview. “And yes it will take more resources, but I will note that the New York state budget gave us funding to prepare for the eventual passage of this amendment.” https://www.npr.org/2021/11/02/1051305287/new-york-voters-have-their-say-on-expanding-access-to-the-ballot

“Almost 15,000 people (in Onondaga County) have voted early through absentee or early voting,” Czarny said. “It’s a decent jump from 2019. We’ll have to see if that means a decent jump in turnout.” https://www.wrvo.org/politics-and-government/2021-11-02/early-voting-continues-to-grow-as-election-day-arrives

About 93,000 people voted in this election, a turnout of about 30%, Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said on Twitter. This marks a decrease of 5% from the 2017 turnout, the last mayoral election. 

Nearly 93,000 people voted in Onondaga County, according to Dustin Czarny, a county election commissioner. That includes early votes, absentee votes and ballots cast on Election Day. There are more than 303,000 registered voters. That’s a turnout rate of about 30.7%, Czarny said. https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2021/11/polls-are-now-closed-in-onondaga-county-election-results-coming-shortly.html

About 93,000 people voted in this election, a turnout of about 30%, Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said on Twitter. This marks a decrease of 5% from the 2017 turnout, the last mayoral election.  Democrats sweep Syracuse Common Council, school board races – The Daily Orange

“Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny says over 1300 people voted Sunday at the 6 sites, the largest turnout of any day this year. The total reported by the Board of Elections was 9727 voters over all sites for the 10 days. Election officials are planning for more early voting locations in 2022, when votersContinue reading “Early Voting was More Popular than Last Local Election Drawing Almost 10,000 – WAER”