Democratic Commissioner Dustin Czarny

Democratic voters have choices to make in the city, and Republican voters are choosing nominees for town leadership.

A state appeals court recently reversed a lower court decision, ruling the state's 2023 law approved by lawmakers and signed by the governor is constitutional.

The Democratic line on the ballot will be empty due to a court order. But two independents filed petitions this week to join the Republican candidate.

New York State's election calendar keeps commissioners and their staffs busy every year, all year long.

Republican Onondaga County legislators declined to reappoint Michele Sardo for a fifth term as GOP commissioner amid state criticism before the election. Democrats decided to keep Dustin Czarny.

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

Voters can stop at any of 10 locations to cast their ballots through Sunday.

Oct. 26 is the last day to register to vote and to apply for an absentee or early mail-in ballot.

County elections commissioners first told WAER News they faced a 20,000 voter backlog in late September, apparently sounding alarm bells for state officials.

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