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“We are at a brisk pace for requests. We have more requests than we had four years ago during the 2017 mayoral primaries, so, more people are voting by absentee now that it is more permissive than it was, but we are not seeing the 13,000 requests that we got last year during this time,”Continue reading “Early voting begins Saturday in Onondaga County – Spectrum News”

Democrat Dustin Czarny and Republican Michele Sardo talks with NewsChannel 9’s Christie Casciano and Jeff Kulikowsky. https://www.localsyr.com/news/your-local-election-hq/onondaga-county-elections-commissioners-talk-about-early-voting-covid-19-protocols-and-more/

“We shouldn’t be planning for lower turnout,” Czarny said. “We should be planning for moderate turnout with the ability to surge. We should be willing to accommodate whoever wants to vote.” https://www.syracuse.com/news/2021/06/why-there-are-9-days-of-early-voting-for-syracuses-mayoral-primary.html

“We’re at the highest registration we’ve ever been,” Czarny said. “We’re higher than we were last year still because registration has been more steady the last few months as opposed to last-minute rush… that’s because people are registering online” https://www.wrvo.org/politics-and-government/2021-05-28/voter-registration-remains-high-in-onondaga-county-june-primaries-have-had-good-turnouts

Dustin Czarny, the Democratic elections commissioner in Onondaga County, pushed for additional sites in 2019 and again last year https://auburnpub.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/state-reps-if-onondaga-county-wont-expand-early-voting-well-pass-legislation/article_0f67c0b3-428f-5659-a3c3-151863eccbcf.html

Czarny, the Democratic commissioner, is in favor of the expansion, which would cost $42,000 more, the lawmakers said today. https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2021/05/onondaga-county-dems-and-gop-disagree-on-early-voting-expansion-for-2021.html

“The COVID excuse is still valid for this year’s election so I expect heavy mail-in balloting in June and the November election,” https://cnycentral.com/news/local/the-impact-covid-19-has-on-the-future-of-voting-in-onondaga-county

“I think it’s a good ruling for democracy,’’ said Dustin Czarny, Onondaga County’s Democratic elections commissioner. “It lets the voters decide.’’ https://www.syracuse.com/news/2021/04/judge-rejects-gop-lawsuit-democrats-keep-2nd-ballot-line-in-onondaga-other-counties.html

Czarny said the lawsuit is exploiting a technicality to kick the Democrats off a second ballot line. “I think it’s an awful petty reason to throw somebody off the ballot,’’ he said. https://www.syracuse.com/news/2021/04/gop-lawmakers-in-onondaga-county-sue-to-block-2nd-ballot-line-for-democrats.html

“Now we’re in the middle of this filing period, we have till Thursday, and by Friday, we will know which candidates are going to be up for office, which ones are going to be on the ballot for a primary, and which ones are for general and then it begins,” https://cnycentral.com/news/leading-syracuse/syracuse-mayoral-candidates-begin-battle-to-get-name-on-the-ballot