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One of Onondaga County’s election commissioners, Dustin Czarny, told us, “Any writing on a ballot would be grounds for it to be thrown out, however, our machine catches that, spits the ballot out and tells the voter to get a new ballot.  Our inspectors NEVER write on the ballot and hand out a pen withContinue reading “9 burning questions about voting, and vote counting – WSYR9”

Next year, Czarny said, he will push for additional ..sites. “Early voting starts off at a certain pace when it’s introduced in the state, and then continues to grow over time,” Czarny said. “We are definitely going to see increases going forward.” https://www.syracuse.com/news/2020/10/why-long-lines-to-vote-early-onondaga-county-gop-pushed-for-fewer-sites-to-save-money.html

The place with the shortest lines, so far, is actually the Armond Magnarelli Community Center at McChesney Park,…But, he said, lines are definitely shorter at the two Syracuse locations and at the one in LaFayette. https://www.syracuse.com/politics/2020/10/where-to-go-to-beat-the-lines-for-early-voting-in-onondaga-county.html

“When we opened our site last weekend, there were people in line for an hour and a half even before we opened, So we felt the best way to deal with crowds coming next weekend is to open up earlier and try to process as many voters as possible” https://www.wrvo.org/elections/2020-10-28/early-voting-hours-in-onondaga-county-extended-to-meet-demand

Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny reports that five of the six locations each had more voters Wednesday than on any of the first four early voting days. https://www.localsyr.com/news/your-local-election-hq/5th-day-of-early-voting-breaks-turnout-records-again-in-onondaga-oswego-and-tompkins-counties/

“We’ve seen way more registration [this year,] and we are looking at over 130,000 to go to the polls on Election Day,” said Czarny. “All of these factors, I think, are combining for higher turnout than four years ago.” While Czarny says in-person Election Day voting totals will be down this year, he’s confident theContinue reading “Increased Voter Turnout is Expected in Onondaga County – NCC News”

“So if you have the ability to go to another site, .. go to Armond Magnarelli or Southwest Community Center, .. or go right off 81 into the Lafayette fire station. These are sites that are seeing less activity, and you may have less wait times.” https://www.waer.org/politics-government/2020-10-27/long-lines-for-early-voting-prompts-onondaga-county-board-of-elections-to-extend-weekend-hours

He also said voters who register through the state Department of Motor Vehicles sometimes fail to choose a party and the default is to land in the category of non-enrolled. The majority of registrations now come through the DMV. https://www.syracuse.com/politics/2020/10/in-the-rush-of-new-onondaga-county-voters-the-most-popular-choice-is-no-party.html

“I’ll be arguing in front of the Legislature in January that they need to look at revamping the early voting law and mandating more sites, (along with expanded hours) These are the things that need to be resolved for next year and years beyond.” https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Local-elections-officials-mull-expanded-early-15679099.php