Ohio’s Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose has revealed that his office has uncovered evidence that over 100 non-citizens have voted in recent elections.
The discovery was made during a recent audit of the state’s voter rolls.
The revelation comes as tens of thousands of non-citizens have been found registered to vote on voter rolls across the country.
Democrats and their allies in the corporate media and the weaponized “fact-checking” cottage industry continue to claim that non-citizens are not voting in America’s elections.
On Thursday, LaRose’s office confirmed that 138 non-U.S. citizens have illegally voted in Ohio.
Those individuals have now been referred to the state’s attorney general, LaRose revealed.
The discovery was the result of a monthslong audit of the state’s voter rolls by LaRose.
Earlier this month, the state conducted a purge of hundreds of other non-citizens from the state’s voter registration.
“I’m duty-bound to make sure people who haven’t yet earned citizenship in this country do not vote in our elections,” LaRose said in a statement.
“We’ve so far identified 597 individuals who’ve registered to vote in Ohio despite not being citizens of the United States, as our state constitution requires.
“The evidence includes 138 individuals who appear to have cast a ballot in an Ohio election during the time state and federal records show they lacked citizenship status.
“The law requires me to refer these individuals to the attorney general, and that’s what we’re doing today,” he added.
The 597 non-citizen cases include 148 from 2022, 117 in 2021 and 354 in 2019.
LaRose’s audit has also purged roughly 155,000 voter registrations that were confirmed to be abandoned and inactive for at least four consecutive years.
The still-ongoing audit relies on analysis and cross-checks against records provided by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database, the Social Security Administration, federal jury pool data, and other resources.
Earlier this month, LaRose told Fox News
“I swore an oath to uphold the constitution of our state, and that document clearly states that only United States citizens can participate in Ohio elections.
“That means I’m duty-bound to make sure people who haven’t yet earned citizenship in this country aren’t voting.
“If or when they do become citizens, I’ll be the first one to congratulate them and welcome them to the franchise, but until then the law requires us to remove ineligible registrations to prevent illegal voting.”
Ohio is one of several key swing states that are likely to sway the result of the 2024 election.
President Donald Trump has been loudly concerned about potential voter fraud.
Democrats, meanwhile, have sought to downplay the issue.
