“Our goal is to try to keep everybody at 1/2 hour wait time. That is the standard that we we try to keep at,” Czarny said. “We’ve added early voting sites to do that. We went from 6 to 10 from the last presidential election, and we’ve added staff to these sites. We’ve also addedContinue reading “Early voting off to a strong start in Onondaga County – WAER”
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2024 Election: Early voters smash record for first day in Onondaga County – Syracuse.com
More than 11,000 people in Onondaga County voted Saturday on the first day of in-person early voting for the 2024 election, according to Dustin Czarny, Onondaga County’s Democratic election commissioner. https://loom.ly/LIERNNg
In-person early voting gets underway Saturday as registration period ends – WAER
“All those things coming on the same day has created this thing called Golden Day where if you are not registered to vote, you can go to an early voting site, use an affidavit ballot to register and vote on the same day. Your vote will count.” https://www.waer.org/news/2024-10-25/in-person-early-voting-gets-underway-saturday-as-registration-period-ends Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content andContinue reading “In-person early voting gets underway Saturday as registration period ends – WAER”
Check wait times before you head to early voting sites in Onondaga County – Syracuse.com
The elections board is trying something new this year to let people know how fast the line is moving at each site. They have added a wait time tracker to the county website. They plan to update it every half hour or hour with the wait time at each voting location, said Dustin Czarny, the Democratic electionsContinue reading “Check wait times before you head to early voting sites in Onondaga County – Syracuse.com”
Democrats unleash unprecedented door-to-door blitz to push John Mannion over the finish line – Syracuse.com
“These battleground districts are getting massive investments in door-to-door operations,” Czarny said. “In an age when it’s so hard to reach people on their phones, this is the way to do it. It’s very hard to reach people in the traditional sense.” https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2024/10/democrats-unleash-unprecedented-door-to-door-blitz-to-push-john-mannion-over-the-finish-line.html Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news updates
Voting early in Onondaga County: what you need to know – CNYCentral.com
“We have ten locations, and they’re nice and spread out geographically all over Onondaga County in the suburbs and in the city. You should choose the location that is most convenient to you to go vote,” said Dustin Czarny, Democratic Commissioner at the Onondaga County BOE. https://cnycentral.com/news/local/voting-early-in-onondaga-county-what-you-need-to-know#
Onondaga County is prepared to save early voters waiting time – WSYR 9
“early voting does provide a convenient option for voters for when they like to vote on their schedule.” https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/onondaga-county-is-prepared-to-save-early-voters-waiting-time/
Central Current Radio: Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny
I was honored to join Central Current Radio hosts Maximilian Eyle and Dr. Rick Wright to discuss how this year’s election cycle is unfolding. We review legislative progress to make voting more accessible, deadlines for registration and mail-in ballot requests, the court order to redraw Onondaga County Legislature’s district maps, and more. Subscribe to dustinczarny.com forContinue reading “Central Current Radio: Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny”
Onondaga County residents have four weeks left to register to vote – WAER
“Up until July, it was pretty dead on the Democrat and Republican side, while the non-enrolled were pretty high,” Czarny said. “So the partisan enrollment have started to pick up. And of course the Democrat enrollment has really picked up since and we’ve seen a lot of people switching parties as well.” https://www.waer.org/news/2024-09-28/onondaga-county-residents-have-four-weeks-left-to-register-to-vote Subscribe toContinue reading “Onondaga County residents have four weeks left to register to vote – WAER”
What comes now for Onondaga County Legislature maps? GOP tinkering or a Democratic do-over? – Syracuse.com
“It seems that this was a top-down decision that the county executive’s office was very involved in,’’ said Dustin Czarny, the county’s Democratic election commissioner. McMahon declined to comment. Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news updates