Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose sent the names of nearly 600 noncitizens who registered to vote to Attorney General Dave Yost for possible prosecution.
“The law requires me to refer these individuals to the attorney general, and that’s what we’re doing today.” LaRose launched an extensive citizenship verification audit of the state’s voting system this year.
Before that, municipalities could allow noncitizens to vote in local elections.
More removals could come before the November general election.
Of those 597, LaRose says 138 appear to have voted in an election in Ohio when federal records showed they were not citizens.
In Ohio, if a person fails to vote for four consecutive years, fails to confirm their registration and fails to respond to mailed notices, they can no longer vote without registering again.
LaRose also removed nearly 160,000 people from the state’s voter rolls this year after registrations were abandoned for inactive for at least four consecutive years.
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