The Hamilton County Board of Elections had received two registration forms for the voters from Black Fork Strategies LLC, an Ohio-based "Engagement firm that focuses on all aspects of community and electoral field work." Elections Board staff made the requested changes in the voter rolls and, per Ohio law, sent notice to the voters at their "New address." That's when Cassandra and Harry Scott showed up at the BOE office.
Black Fork is also under a dark cloud in Cuyahoga County, home to Cleveland, where the local board of elections reported at least 18 suspicious voter registration cards.
More than 50 Ohio election integrity activists, lawmakers, conservative group leaders and concerned citizens recently signed on to a letter to LaRose detailing "Threats to election integrity in our state." The Open Letter of Concerned Citizens and Voters of Ohio - including signatories and endorsers from the Ohio Freedom Action Network, Coalition of Concerned Voters of Ohio, and the Association of Mature American Citizens, specifically notes the Black Fork Strategies controversy.
"Ohio's election eligibility verification procedures permit third-party advocacy groups in the state to register thousands, if not tens of thousands, of ineligible individuals who then become eligible to vote in Ohio elections. The Biden Administration has exacerbated the problem by aiding and abetting the importation of untold numbers of noncitizens, most of whom have entered the United States in violation of existing federal law," the letter asserts.
The secretary has this election year emphasized voter roll maintenance and removal of foreign nationals from the list, but critics say there's much more to do to truly make Ohio the "Gold standard" of election administration.
Potential voter registration fraud as suspected in the Black Forks incidents counter the incessant dubious claims of election integrity deniers that there's little to no fraud in U.S. elections.
"So to the extent that there's any press watching, voter fraud is real, it does happen. It happens oftentimes in the form of phony registrations all in the same handwriting," Triantafilou, the Hamilton County Board of Elections members said at the July meeting.
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