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In addition, one candidate could have made a stronger push for voters to request and return absentee ballots. “Absentee ballots are extremely influenced by campaigns,” Czarny said. “We have seen that in the past.” https://www.syracuse.com/politics/2021/06/good-news-for-khalid-bey-absentees-in-syracuse-mayoral-primary-come-from-his-strongholds.html

“It’s a local primary, so we are not going to see the turnout we saw last year or even in elections past,” says Dustin Czarny, Onondaga County Elections Commissioner (D). https://cnycentral.com/news/local/low-turnout-in-cny-primary-elections-could-mean-razor-thin-margins

The majority of results came in by 11 PM. Democratic Election Commissioner Dustin Czarny said results cards had to be physically driven to the board of election because the board does not do wireless transmission of results. https://cnycentral.com/news/local/tight-democratic-mayoral-primary-race-for-city-of-syracuse-burman-takes-republican-race

Onondaga County Elections Commissioners Dustin Czarny (D) and Michelle Sardo (R) appeared on NewsChannel 9 at 5:30pm to help voters with primary day information, including any remaining COVIVD-19 protocols in place at the polls. https://www.localsyr.com/your-local-election-headquarters-new-york-state/ahead-of-primary-day-onondaga-co-elections-commissioners-talk-to-newschannel-9/

“I’m really proud of this because it revolutionized how we deal with campaigns and the media,” said Czarny,… by making this information readily available, it allows the Board there to focus on their primary jobs: processing voters and running elections. https://gothamist.com/news/yang-campaign-knows-who-voted-early-and-board-elections-says-you-can-too

“We have conferred with county health and will have masks on hands for those who want to use them and are asking all unvaccinated to continue masking,” Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny confirmed. https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2021/06/masks-no-longer-required-for-vaccinated-voters-in-onondaga-county-with-one-exception.html

“It’s low,” Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said. “It’s always low for primaries and it’s even more low for local primaries.” https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2021/06/less-than-1-of-voters-turn-out-in-4-days-of-early-voting-in-syracuse-primaries.html

“We are at a brisk pace for requests. We have more requests than we did four years ago for the 2017 mayoral primaries. More people are voting by absentee now,” https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/news/2021/06/15/absentee-ballot-applications-are-due-today-for-upcoming-primary-election

Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny says he thinks voters will continue to use all of their options even as we emerge from the pandemic. “We’re learning that voters like the different models; you have mail-in voting, early voting, and election day. Eventually, we’re going to see an electorate that equally participates in each of theContinue reading “Early Voting Underway In Onondaga County For This Month’s Primaries – WAER”

“I think early voting and offering a three-stream electoral model where you have early voting and ample use of absentees and of course election day is the healthiest way to run an election,”