Onondaga County voter registration soars; elections commissioners request more positions – WAER

“So we’re asking for six new people that will help us deal with all the equipment that we have, all of these new burdens and voter registration.,” Czarny said. “That still brings us to one for 11,000. We’re still one of the worst in the state, but we believe that our staff will be ableContinue reading “Onondaga County voter registration soars; elections commissioners request more positions – WAER”

Voter registration in Onondaga County breaks record one month before deadline – CNY Central

“We are already at a record and we will do way more than that as we get closer to this election,” said Dustin Czarny, democratic board of elections commissioner for Onondaga County. “There’s been a lot of events in the last month that have contributed to this. Obviously you had the changeover to this withContinue reading “Voter registration in Onondaga County breaks record one month before deadline – CNY Central”

2024 Election: Onondaga County voter registration breaks record with a month to go – Syracuse.com

“Czarny said thousands of new voters registered after Democrats dropped President Joe Biden and nominated Vice President Kamala Harris to challenge Trump.” https://www.syracuse.com/politics/2024/09/2024-election-onondaga-county-voter-registration-breaks-record-with-a-month-to-go.html

New board of elections ‘pre-clearance’ rules start this weekend – Spectrum News

However, Dustin Czarny, the Democratic Elections commissioner of Onondaga County, which is one of the covered entities, believes Burns is exaggerating the impact of the new rules. “The determination to move a polling place, whether its annually or at the last minute, is still going to be made by the bipartisan board of elections,” CzarnyContinue reading “New board of elections ‘pre-clearance’ rules start this weekend – Spectrum News”

Syracuse, NY22 a major target for Democrats looking to flip the House blue

“We’re expecting many more thousands of voter registration forms,” Czarny said, “anyone who has to win a race in Onondaga County, has now got to make sure that they’re talking to not just their party base.” https://cnycentral.com/news/local/syracuse-ny22-a-major-target-for-democrats-looking-to-flip-the-house-blue Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news updates

Expect voting lines to be shorter with New York court’s mail-in ballot decision – CNY Central

“This is changing the way people vote,” said Onondaga County Board of Elections commissioner Dustin Czarny. “They used to be able to send in an absentee ballot– and go to the polls and have that ballot wipe out the absentee one– however now if an absentee ballot is requested, that’s the live ballot.” https://cnycentral.com/news/local/new-york-voting-mail-in-ballots-absentee-onondaga-county-board-of-elections-2024-presidential-collection-dustin-czarny#

Early mail-in voting still an option for Onondaga County voters after court ruling – WAER

Democratic commissioner Czarny says they can detect tampering with ballot envelopes and other questionable activity. “If there is any deficiency, whether intentional, or most often unintentional, we have a cure process that notifies the voters of the deficiency in their ballot and gives them a chance to contact us to correct it. Or, if theyContinue reading “Early mail-in voting still an option for Onondaga County voters after court ruling – WAER”

RFK Jr. campaign plans to appeal N.Y. Supreme Court judge’s ruling disqualifying him from the state ballot – Capital Tonight Spectrum News

“I think, telling people where you live is actually kind of a low threshold where to cross. It’s an easy question to answer for most people and I think that’s something that Mr. Kennedy should have taken into account before he filed his paperwork,” https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-region/politics/2024/08/13/court-disqualifies-rfk-jr–from-ny-ballot Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news updates

N.Y. election experts: Dem presidential candidate change follows the law – Spectrum News

Dustin Czarny, who chairs the state Elections Commissioner Association’s Democratic Caucus, said Biden’s decision to drop out won’t change anything in the election process. “I’m pretty confident in a lot of the election attorneys on both sides of the aisle who came out over the weekend saying that the convention is the ballot access processContinue reading “N.Y. election experts: Dem presidential candidate change follows the law – Spectrum News”