Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose exposed a voter fraud scheme in the state, revealing that more than 1,000 noncitizens were registered to vote.
LaRose sent materials related to 1,084 noncitizens registered to vote to the Department of Justice. The number includes 167 noncitizens who are believed to have also cast a ballot in a federal election, including those of 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024, his office explained. Ninety-nine people appeared to have voted in the same federal election, 16 voted twice in Ohio in the same election, 14 voted after the day of their death, 4 likely engaged in ballot harvesting, and 2 registered at a residence where they were not to have registered.
“Ohio has earned its reputation as the Gold Standard, and our Election Integrity Unit continues to prove why,” Secretary LaRose said in a statement. “We work tirelessly to ensure that every eligible voter’s voice is heard, and anyone who tries to cheat the system will face serious consequences.”
LaRose sent a letter to the DOJ’s Criminal Division, writing, “I have made numerous criminal referrals throughout my administration, with much of the evidence related to unlawful registration and voting activity. These cases have encountered varying degrees of adjudication from Ohio’s 88 county prosecutors.” He explained that because the nation now has “an executive administration at the White House and the Department of Justice that has expressed an interest in actively reviewing and potentially prosecuting evidence of federal election crimes,” he formally refers “for your consideration the materials we have gathered and submitted to local and state prosecutors, and I have included with this letter documentation and evidentiary materials regarding each of the alleged offenses.”
Last year, LaRose announced the clearance of over 150,000 additional voter registrations as part of a cleanup across the state’s 88 counties, targeting voters who had not participated in recent elections or had outdated registration information.
