2024 presidential race

Young voters are more unsure about their vote in the upcoming presidential election, whether they’ve chosen or not.

Early voting sets a record with 79,000 ballots cast over nine days. More than 25,000 have mailed-in their ballots.

Early and absentee voters in Oswego County are experiencing frustration with a misaligned barcode window on the external ballot envelope, but the county advises mailing the ballots as usual.

The deadline is Oct. 26, which falls on the first day of early voting, and is ten days before election day.

Maxwell School Professor Grant Reeher says the move can energize the Democratic voter base while giving Republicans new reasons to opposed presumptive nominee Kamala Harris.

Grant Reeher says voters aren't any better informed about the candidates.

There are about 5,500 more non-enrolled voters in the county than enrolled Republicans. Enrolled Democrats outnumber Republicans by nearly 33,700.

Less than 1,000 of nearly 198,000 enrolled Democrat and Republican voters have cast ballots during early voting for the presidential primaries.

Chair of the Onondaga County's Democratic Committee feels there’s a lot of enthusiasm among party faithful, while Republican leaders see Biden as vulnerable.