For the last several; months I have been involved with litigation for the so-called Even Year Election law that moves many local offices to even year elections from odd years. Onondaga County named me in a defendant to this law and my attorney worked with the NY State Attorney General Office to defend the law.Continue reading “4th Department Appellate Division ruling in favor of Even Year Election Law”
Category Archives: Writings
My Speech at Hands Off Rally
I was honored to speak at the Hands Off Rally in Syracuse on April 5, 2024. Over 2k people came down to hear a variety of speakers stand up to federal over reach and our fellow citizens. Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news updates
Thoughts on President Trump’s 3/25/25 Executive order on Elections
A few thoughts this morning on the President’s executive order on elections. Some caveats, I am not a lawyer, but I have read up extensively on this to prepare. I also am collecting some thoughts for a Commissioner in a Car on Monday. Let’s start with what this order isn’t. It isn’t the SAVE act. Continue reading “Thoughts on President Trump’s 3/25/25 Executive order on Elections”
The Weekly Wonk: The City of Syracuse 2025
Welcome back to the #weeklywonk! Each week I take a deep dive in some form of electoral and registration data. By examining this data, I hope to give a more comprehensive view of our home, Onondaga County. I am currently looking at the political subdivisions having elections this November. This week we will focus onContinue reading “The Weekly Wonk: The City of Syracuse 2025”
The Weekly Wonk: The Towns of Onondaga County 2025
Welcome back to the #weeklywonk! Each week I take a deep dive in some form of electoral and registration data. By examining this data, I hope to give a more comprehensive view of our home, Onondaga County. This week I start looking at the political subdivisions having elections this November. This week we will focusContinue reading “The Weekly Wonk: The Towns of Onondaga County 2025”
The Weekly Wonk: Onondaga County 2025
Welcome back to the #weeklywonk! Each week I take a deep dive in some form of electoral and registration data. By examining this data, I hope to give a more comprehensive view of our home, Onondaga County. This week I start looking at the political subdivisions having elections this November. We start with a topContinue reading “The Weekly Wonk: Onondaga County 2025”
The Weekly Wonk: 2024 Election Day and Overall Turnout
Welcome back to the #weeklywonk. This is the semi-weekly column I write on dustinczarny.com. In this article I examine electoral and registration data that makeup our home, Onondaga County and New York State. It has been a few weeks since I have been able to publish an article, but I am finally ready to finishContinue reading “The Weekly Wonk: 2024 Election Day and Overall Turnout”
My Testimony Joint Legislative Hearing on 2025 Exec. Budget Proposal: Local Government – 02/04/2025
I participated in a panel in the Joint Legislative Hearing on 2025 Exec. Budget Proposal: Local Government. I along with my good government colleagues from Brennan Center, NYS League of Women Voters, Fair Elections NY, and Common Cause NY argued for direct NY funding of county boards of elections as well as funding the NYSContinue reading “My Testimony Joint Legislative Hearing on 2025 Exec. Budget Proposal: Local Government – 02/04/2025”
The Weekly Wonk: 2024 Election Alternative Voting
The #weeklywonk is back! About once a week I will write an article looking into the registration and electoral data in Onondaga County. In 2025 This will be a semi-weekly article and switch between electoral results data and registration data on races having elections this year. This week we will start to look back atContinue reading “The Weekly Wonk: 2024 Election Alternative Voting”
2025 NYS Elections Commissioner Association Democratic Caucus Legislative Priorities
Every year the Democratic Caucus of the NYS Elections Commissioner Association identify a list of legislative and budget priorities to present to our legislative and executive leaders in New York to make better voter experience and make election administration better. We denote the current bill numbers, legislative status, and whether this is a shared goalContinue reading “2025 NYS Elections Commissioner Association Democratic Caucus Legislative Priorities”