Aug 30, 2026 · 25 min · 9 segments
This week I was at the Summer NYS Elections Commissioner Association conference. I talk about what we did there and how these associations form. I also talk about the election of officers including my…
Dustin M. CzarnyHost
And this edition is the New York State Elections Commissioner Association Summer Conference Wrap-Up.
This last week, elections commissioners from across the state gathered at Turning Stone.
We do two a year, one in January and one during the summer, usually in August, which is our main training as elections commissioners.
And I thought that this would be a good talk about what we do in that association, what an association is.
and what happens at these conferences because it's not, you know, I think a lot of times people think, These conferences that happen are like junkets where people are going to rich, fancy hotels and just hanging out and drinking all day.
And these conferences, at least the ones that we have in New York State, are some of our most intense training that we have.
Usually two full days of training and then two other days of ancillary training that is optional for people.
So we're so busy in the electric world that these conferences are essential.
Onondaga County has always participated in these conferences, most do, but there are some counties that won't pay for their commissioners to go, and that is a shame, because these in-person conferences, and we do an online version as well, but these in-person conferences are vital.
The networking that we get with other elections commissioners, the the time in the meeting rooms with the experts, learning about what's new on election news, but also, you know, even relearning things.
There were so many things this conference that was touched on that we relearned as well.
And this edition is the New York State Elections Commissioner Association Summer Conference Wrap-Up.
This last week, elections commissioners from across the state gathered at Turning Stone.
We do two a year, one in January and one during the summer, usually in August, which is our main training as elections commissioners.
And I thought that this would be a good talk about what we do in that association, what an association is.
and what happens at these conferences because it's not, you know, I think a lot of times people think, These conferences that happen are like junkets where people are going to rich, fancy hotels and just hanging out and drinking all day.
And these conferences, at least the ones that we have in New York State, are some of our most intense training that we have.
Usually two full days of training and then two other days of ancillary training that is optional for people.
So we're so busy in the electric world that these conferences are essential.
Onondaga County has always participated in these conferences, most do, but there are some counties that won't pay for their commissioners to go, and that is a shame, because these in-person conferences, and we do an online version as well, but these in-person conferences are vital.
The networking that we get with other elections commissioners, the the time in the meeting rooms with the experts, learning about what's new on election news, but also, you know, even relearning things.
There were so many things this conference that was touched on that we relearned as well.
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