Local & New York StateUpdated: Nov. 03, 2025, 10:07 a.m.|Published: Nov. 03, 2025, 10:00 a.m.
Central New Yorkers cast early votes at the Dewitt Town Hall. The 2025 early voting turnout set a record for a local election year in Onondaga County. N. Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com
Syracuse, N.Y. – Onondaga County shattered its record for early voting in a local election on Sunday when a final surge brought the total number of early ballots cast to 17,218, according to the Board of Elections.
The total is a 41% increase over the previous record for a local election year set in 2023, said Dustin Czarny, the county’s Democratic election’s commissioner.
Mark Weiner is the Washington correspondent for Syracuse.com and The Post-Standard. He has four decades of experience reporting on issues important to Central New York. You can reach him at 571-970-3751.
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