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Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose says 2024 could shatter voter turnout records
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — What happens when you add a historic presidential race, a neck-in-neck race that could determine the future balance of the U.S. Senate, three Ohio… Read More
Days before Ohioans vote, LaRose sues Homeland Security to access databases to check citizenship
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — In the midst of preparing for an election that’s a week away, Ohio’s Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose is suing the US Department of… Read More
Six Ohioans have been charged with illegal voting between 2008 and 2020 out of hundreds of referred cases
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Grand juries throughout the state indicted six Ohioans with illegal voting in earlier elections, a fourth-degree felony. Attorney General Dave Yost, a Republican, announced… Read More
‘It doesn’t say we’re the police.’ LaRose bristles with prosecutors over election law cases
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Secretary of State Frank LaRose said Saturday it’s not his office’s job to further investigate for evidence of possible election law violations before he… Read More
LaRose wants action on possible voter fraud cases. County prosecutors say they haven’t taken any for a reason
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose has referred to county prosecutors 597 cases he said involved voters who were unlawfully registered to vote, going… Read More
LaRose orders limits on the use of secure ballot drop boxes in this fall’s election
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A few days after suggesting to state lawmakers that they ban secure ballot drop boxes entirely, Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose has limited their… Read More
LaRose presses Ohio lawmakers to add citizen status to voter registration papers
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican, is pressing lawmakers to pass legislation so his office can ask Ohioans to prove they are… Read More
Redistricting amendment backers accuse GOP Secretary of State of “manipulating” ballot wording
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Supporters of a constitutional redistricting amendment to take politicians out of the process of drawing congressional and legislative district maps are crying foul over… Read More
Ohio’s Secretary of State Frank LaRose plans to standardize election data in an aim to boost trust
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose unveiled legislation Wednesday that would clarify and standardize the way election data is organized, stored and shared across the state,… Read More
LaRose proposes requirement for citizen-led constitutional amendments to pass with 60% of the vote
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican, is leading an effort to change the rules for ballot issues that amend the state constitution by… Read More
Ohio creates elections integrity office while voter fraud is already ‘exceedingly rare’
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Secretary of State Frank LaRose is consolidating the work of various staff members into one “public integrity division” in the hopes of creating a… Read More