Overview

• LaRose’s office forwarded evidence to the attorney general of Ohio, eight other states and Washington, D.C., covering 30 alleged noncitizen registrations in Ohio and 11 cross-state double-voting instances.
• The Election Integrity Unit identified the cases by matching Ohio’s voter registry against federal and multi-state databases.
• Only 12 of more than 600 voter-fraud referrals made by LaRose since 2019 have led to criminal charges, reflecting a low conviction rate.
• Experts note many flagged noncitizen voting incidents stem from administrative errors, including naturalization timing and data-matching mistakes.
• The Ohio General Assembly is weighing a bill to enshrine the Election Integrity Unit within the secretary of state’s Public Integrity Division as a permanent entity.