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.
Trump fired the entire Election Administration Commission. Now what? – Democracy Docket
“[The EAC commissioners] don’t have a role in the certification of election results,” Czarny said. “Their role is more in providing voter assistance, providing voter education, providing training, and even things like social media toolkits that boards of elections use.” “If this is a prolonged absence, where the Election Assistance Commission cannot act, then training…
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Fraud accusations halt ballot counting in narrow Onondaga County Legislature race – Syracuse.com
Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny declined to comment on the merits of Tarver’s lawsuit, saying it’s not the purview of the elections board to adjudicate fraud allegations. He did acknowledge, though, that the 16th District race had a high volume of absentee voting. https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2026/07/fraud-accusations-halt-ballot-counting-in-narrow-onondaga-county-legislature-race.html Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election news
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Final ballots to be counted in Syracuse-area State Assembly race – WRVO
Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said there’s no way to predict how Tuesday’s count will go. “One could make the argument that [Magnarelli] should win the absentees the way he won the absentees and Mo should win the affidavits the way he won the election day, but what I have found is that…
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Federal investigators accuse Onondaga County poll worker of outing an already outed undercover ICE agent – WAER
She notified her boss, Election Commissioner Dustin Czarny who arrived too late to see the agents but said polling witnesses assured him there were no voters at the site when the agents stepped inside. Therein lies the rub, it appears the agents violated state election laws that restrict only necessary people enter the polling centers…
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Election worker says federal officers confronted her at polls over social media post criticizing ICE – AP News
Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said he responded to the polling place shortly after the incident, spoke with poll workers, made sure voting wasn’t disrupted and “connected Paige to resources.” https://apnews.com/article/ice-poll-worker-syracuse-fa082f8ac25d019e93b526fdef37df6c Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election related news
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Uncounted ballots rise in tight NY Assembly race between Brown and Magnarelli – Syracuse.com
But the additional ballots that arrive by mail in the coming days will likely be small. In most elections, the number of ballots that arrive by mail slows to a trickle after the first two or three days following an election, said Dustin Czarny, the county’s Democratic elections commissioner. https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2026/06/uncounted-ballots-rise-in-tight-ny-assembly-race-between-brown-and-magnarelli.html Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all…
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Tarver leading Bullock in Democratic primary for 16th Onondaga County Legislature seat -Syracuse.com
With Election Day, early voting and absentee ballots received through Sunday, Tarver held a 73-vote lead over Nyatwa Bullock. That gives Tarver about 54% of the total vote counted so far. But according to the Onondaga County Board of Elections, there are 91 vote by mail ballots received that have not yet been tallied, said…
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ICE agents confront New York poll worker during voting, as state prosecutors review incident – Democracy Docket
Czarny said the confrontation did not affect voters and did not disrupt voting procedures at the site. However, the elections commissioner expressed concern that it will heighten fears of federal law enforcement interference in the upcoming midterms. “People are scared,” Czarny said. “I want to assure the public, especially in my county, that we’re going…
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Syracuse poll worker says ICE agents targeted her at primary election polling place -Spectrum News
Dustin Czarny, the Democratic elections commissioner at the Onondaga County Board of Elections, said ICE’s presence was inappropriate. “There was no emergency inside this polling place. There was no urgency to this matter that this had to be done during the hours of 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. on June 23,” Czarny said. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/news/2026/06/25/ice-agents-at-syracuse-poll Subscribe…
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Onondaga County voters stumble on status and location issues – News Channel 9
“On May 29, the Aloft hotel notified us of a convention that was booked, and that they wouldn’t be able to service us on election day,” Czarny said. “We updated our website (county). It looks like there may have been a snafu on the upload to the state website. We were notified at 9 AM…
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