I appear often in local and statewide media to comment on election matters at the Onondaga County Board of Elections or proposed Election reform and administrative changes throughout New York State. Here is a collection of media mentions.
‘They didn’t just win, they crushed it,’ Democrats flip the Onondaga County Legislature – CNY Central
On the other side of a bipartisan office sits Dustin Czarny, the Democratic elections commissioner in Onondaga County. He highlighted the turnout of about 40,000 Democrats and the support from unaffiliated voters. He emphasized the successful targeting of key districts, “4, 5, and 10 were all targets for us, and almost every year for the…
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Democrats ride blue wave to historic wins in Onondaga County: ‘People want something different’ – Syracuse.com
Democrats turned out to vote in higher numbers Tuesday than the last two elections, said Dustin Czarny, the Democratic county elections commissioner. More importantly, he said, Republicans stayed home. He also said independent voters – a block that has been growing among young voters – likely leaned 3-1 for Democrats. Democrats even won highway superintendent…
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What happens after you cast your ballot? Here’s what election officials say – CNY Central
“If a voter comes in, they check in on the poll pad. The poll pad prints out a ballot and the voter then fills out the ballot, slides it into the scanner,” described Czarny. “The scanner tabulates it, but no one knows the results till they come here on election night.” https://cnycentral.com/news/local/what-happens-after-you-cast-your-ballot-heres-what-election-officials-say Subscribe to dustinczarny.com…
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More than 77,000 voters cast ballots by dinnertime in Onondaga County – Syracuse.com
Dustin Czarny, the county’s Democratic elections commissioner said this is a normal turnout for local elections. Many people typically show between 7-9 p.m., he said. https://www.syracuse.com/news/2025/11/more-than-77000-voters-cast-ballots-by-dinnertime-in-onondaga-county.html Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news updates
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Onondaga County voters to decide on term limits for legislators – CNY Central
“Voting yes on that ballot will do two things: It will move the Onondaga County Legislature from a two-year term to a four-year term starting in 2026and then it will also put a 12-year term limit,” explained Czarny. https://cnycentral.com/news/local/onondaga-county-voters-to-decide-on-term-limits-for-legislators /s
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Election 2025: Onondaga County breaks its record for early voting in local elections – Syracuse.com
The total is a 41% increase over the previous record for a local election year set in 2023, said Dustin Czarny, the county’s Democratic election’s commissioner. Sunday’s total of 2,908 ballots cast in Onondaga County also set the record for the highest single-day turnout since early voting began in the county in 2019, Czarny said.…
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Early voting sets record for local election in Onondaga County – WRVO News
“This is a 41% increase from 2023, the last local year, and the last record, which was only about 12,000 early voters,” said Czarny. Early voting became an option in New York State in 2019. Czarny said as the years have gone by, it’s grown in popularity among voters. “They like the convenience of it,”…
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Together We Can. Neighbors Helping Neighbors. Community First. Why so many independent parties? – WAER
It must be said that these are not independent candidates for the most part,” he said. “Most of these candidates appear on a major party line. And because of our unique system of fusion voting in New York, it allows their name to appear multiple times.” https://www.waer.org/news/2025-10-28/together-we-can-neighbors-helping-neighbors-community-first-why-so-many-independent-parties Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election…
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Election 2025: Early voting turnout on record pace for local elections in Onondaga County – Syracuse.com
By the time polls closed Monday, 5,018 people had voted at the 10 polling sites in the county, topping the record of 4,025 for the same period in 2023, said Dustin Czarny, the county’s Democratic elections commissioner. The total through Monday far eclipsed the early turnout for local elections in 2021 (2,703) and 2019 (2,649),…
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As N.Y. state law is upheld, off-year elections aren’t really going anywhere just yet – Capitol Tonight Spectrum News
Czarny said that while he expects one intended result of the move — higher turnout for the races which have been transplanted — to come to fruition, the other intended benefit — lower costs for local governments — will probably not be significant in the near term. “Over the next five-10 years, I wouldn’t say…
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