Category Archives: Commissioner in a Car

In this week’s episode I explain the difference between State Conventions and County Designations. The state has direct ballot access while county designees still have to get petitions. This is the first step in determining the ballot each year so I take some time to go over it. Enjoy. RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/24e46794/podcast/rss Subscribe to dustinczarny.com forContinue reading “Commissioner in a Car: Conventions and Designations”

On this week’s episode I talk about the February 14th party change deadline in New York. it falls on Valentine’s Day every year and that is why I call it “Fall in Love with Your Party Day”, I dive into why this 4.5 month sequester is actually much better than the past and what itContinue reading “Commissioner in a Car: Fall in Love with Your Party Day.”

This week I talk about the troubling and alarming developments on the FBI raid on Fulton County Georgia Election offices along with some positive updates blocking unilateral Executive order to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission and spurious DOJ subpoenas on Voter Registration rolls. Enjoy. https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/zoomwithczarny Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news updates

In this week’s episode I talk about the 5 vacancies that have happened in Onondaga County since the November Election. Vacancies in the City of Syracuse Common Council At-Large, Town boards on Marcellus and Pompey, Town Justice in Salina and the removal of a Commissioner of Education in Syracuse create a weird set of circumstances.Continue reading “Commissioner in a Car: A Tale of Five Vacancies”

In this week’s episode I try to honor Martin Luther King Jr. and reflect on his role as a voting rights champion. I collected a few of my favorite quotes of his and talk about his work in Selma and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. I think his story of peaceful non violent butContinue reading “Commissioner in a Car: Martin Luther King JR Voting Rights Hero”

This week I focus on the winter conference of the NYS Elections Commissioner Association. Held this last week it is one of our main training opportunities for Lead Election Officials in NY or as we call them, County Election Commissioners. And a special shout out to the Buffalo Bills and Josh Allen for their winContinue reading “Commissioner in a Car: NYSECA Winter Conference Wrap Up”

This week I preview village elections. Why some villages have elections in March, June or November and why sometimes the Onondaga County Board of Elections doesn’t run these elections. Check it out along with the answer to last week’s trivia question! Enjoy. https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/zoomwithczarny Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news updates

This week I go over mtop stories for 2025.  These stoies focus on stories imortant to myself and ones I think the voters of Onondaga County care about.  They are: 1.) Mayor-Elect Sharon Owens victories.2.) Onondaga County Legislature Democrats take over of the Onondaga County Legislature3.) The Blue wave washing giving Onondaga County Democratic CommitteeContinue reading “Commissioner in a Car: My Top Stories of 2025”

In this week’s episode I talk about how we record write-ins at the Onondaga County Board of Elections. I talk about why some write ins are invalid and some of the limitations of NY Election Law. I recap a bit about my travel to the Cybersecurity summit as well as my last #weeklywonk and activityContinue reading “Commissioner in a Car: How we report write-ins and why it takes so long.”

In this week’s episode I detail what goes into a manual recount, the results of this week’s close contests, and why I think this law is a good thing, but how we can improve it. As always I detail about what is going on at the Onondaga County Board of elections as well. https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/zoomwithczarny SubscribeContinue reading “Commissioner in a Car: Let’s Talk Manual Recounts”