Voter registration rises ahead of Onondaga County election

WAER | By Scott Willis

Published October 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM EDT

"Vote here" sign — A voting sign outside Goldstein Student Center at S.U.

More Onondaga County residents are registering to vote in the upcoming local election. The Board of Elections says 700 people were added to the rolls in the last month.

A nearly equal number registered as Democrats and Republicans, about 120 each. But more than double that total chose not to enroll in any party.

Early voting gets underway on October 15.

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Scott Willis covers politics, local government, transportation, and arts and culture for WAER. He came to Syracuse from Detroit in 2001, where he began his career in radio as an intern and freelance reporter. Scott is honored and privileged to bring the day’s news and in-depth feature reporting to WAER’s dedicated and generous listeners. You can find him on twitter @swillisWAER and email him at srwillis@syr.edu.

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