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Democrat Elections Commissioners Push for Reform _ Capital Tonight

Democratic elections commissioners in New York are backing several of the governor’s voting reforms and suggesting some of their own. Earlier this week, Cuomo pushed for modernizing voter registration, adding early voting and vote by mail, and making election day a state holiday. The Democratic Caucus of the New York State Elections Commissioner Association would alsoContinue reading “Democrat Elections Commissioners Push for Reform _ Capital Tonight”

Eye on NY podcast: CNY elections commissioner discusses early voting, other proposed voting reforms

This week on the Eye on NY podcast:  • An interview with Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny. Czarny discussed the possibility of New York adopting several electoral reforms next year, including early voting, automatic voter registration and same-day registration. He also shared his pre- and post-election experience as a commissioner.  https://auburnpub.com/blogs/eye_on_ny/eye-on-ny-podcast-cny-elections-commissioner-discusses-early-voting/article_8135b0dc-f365-11e8-bd4a-ab92d273e726.html

Onondaga County Saw Presidential Level Turnout for Mid-Terms – WAER

Onondaga County Democratic Board of Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny explains why this midterm was unlike any other. “We’ll probably get around 63 to 65 percent, and that’s much higher than previous midterms. In 2014, we got 50 or 49 percent and in 2010 we got 52 percent. So this is a pretty significant jump. It’sContinue reading “Onondaga County Saw Presidential Level Turnout for Mid-Terms – WAER”

Voter turnout soars in Onondaga County, matching national trend – Daily Orange

Dustin Czarny, Democratic election commissioner for Onondaga County, said the high turnout is due to the “hyperpartisan mood of the country,” in which voters either completely stand behind President Donald Trump or are against him. “The country is still divided, and races are becoming more and more competitive,” he said. “When that happens, we’re goingContinue reading “Voter turnout soars in Onondaga County, matching national trend – Daily Orange”

Volunteer judges busy helping people vote in Election Day Court – Syracuse.com

Ballots cast by affidavit, on the other hand, are later checked and verified at the same time as absentee ballots. Based on past elections, about 65 percent of affidavit ballots will be fond later to be valid, while the rest will be found invalid and will not count, Czarny said. https://www.syracuse.com/politics/2018/11/volunteer_judges_busy_helping_people_vote_in_election_day_court.html

VOTER TURNOUT: Midterms predicted to hit ‘presidential levels’ in Onondaga County – CNYCentral.com

Czarny said there have been no major issues at polls reported as of 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, however extra voting machines were delivered to several locations with high voter turnout. https://cnycentral.com/news/local/onondaga-co-election-officials-predict-10-percent-higher-turnout-than-2014-midterms

Voter turnout expected to reach ‘Presidential levels’ in Onondaga County, commissioner says – WSYR 9

“I only have anecdotal evidence. Absentees are way up. You know, the absentees that we’ve gotten are at about 130 percent, 140 percent of requests from 2014 and we’ve got a lot coming in today, so the data says it looks like a possible 65 to 70 percent turnout. We won’t know that until we actually get resultsContinue reading “Voter turnout expected to reach ‘Presidential levels’ in Onondaga County, commissioner says – WSYR 9”

2018 voter registration hits 10-year high in Onondaga County – Syracuse.com

“Typically, in a mid-term election, the number of new voters is only slightly higher than the number of people who die, move away or otherwise fall off the rolls. But this year, Onondaga County had a net gain of 8,293 voters between March and November. In the last mid-term election, in 2014, there was aContinue reading “2018 voter registration hits 10-year high in Onondaga County – Syracuse.com”