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 excited to bring you a fresh look at Onondaga County this week. For the first timeContinue reading “The Weekly Wonk: Onondaga County Age and Gender”
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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: 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”
Victory in Onondaga County Redistricting fight….but the battle continues
On September 24th Legislator Chris Ryan announced victory n the Onondaga County redistricting lawsuit. New maps are ordered for the 2025 elections. I was proud to work on this lawsuit and stand with my fellow democrats on it. Original Lawsuit press conference page from 2022 Direct link to all filings on lawsuit Media Coverage OnondagaContinue reading “Victory in Onondaga County Redistricting fight….but the battle continues”
Budget Presentation Onondaga County Legislature on proposed 2025 County Executive Budget
On September 20, 2024 Commissioner Sardo and myself presented testimony to the Onondaga County Legislature Ways and Means Committee on the proposed 2025 County executive budget for Onondaga County. Above is the video portion of that presentation. Below is our formal written testimony. Written Testimony for the Onondaga County Board of Elections Budget Hearing SeptemberContinue reading “Budget Presentation Onondaga County Legislature on proposed 2025 County Executive Budget”