One of the great honors of my life is I have been asked to testify frequently at the NYS legislature on improving elections in New York. Occasionally I have submitted testimony to the Onondaga County legislature as well as the Syracuse Common Council. I have collected all my official testimony here as well as links to video when available.
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 NYS…
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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 goal…
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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 September…
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2024 NYS Budget Hearing Testimony
I had the privilege to appear before the NYS Assembly and Senate Joint Legislative Budget Hearing on Local government February 6, 2024. I argued for Aid to Locality funding for County Board of Elections to administer the 2024 Presidential Election. Below is my panel’s testimony below: And you can watch the entire hearing here: Finally…
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2024 Budget testimony by the Onondaga County Board of Elections
(I always release testimony given to official public bodies on my website. On September 15th, 2023 Commissioner Sardo and I submitted this testimony in writing as we were not afforded a budget hearing at the Onondaga County Legislature outlining some of the shortcomings of the Executive budget proposal for the 2024 Onondaga County Board of…
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Syracuse, NY 13204
Dustin M. Czarny 