Ohio has removed Hundreds of Non-Citizens from its Voting Rolls, as the State conducts an Audit of Registered Voters ahead of the November Presidential Election.
On Thursday, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R), announced County Boards of Elections are being directed to remove 499 Non-Citizen Registrations from the State’s Voter Rolls.
“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,” LaRose said in a Press release announcing the News.
“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 in the middle of a Multiphase Comprehensive Audit of the Statewide Voter Registration Database, as the State gears up for the General Election on Nov. 5th.
LaRose’s Directive this week, comes after the Secretary of State’s Public Integrity Division and Office of Data Analytics and Archives, initiated a Review of Voter Records for Compliance with Ohio’s Constitutional Citizenship Requirement in May.
At the time, LaRose uncovered and Removed 137 Illegal Immigrants from Voter Rolls.
The Buckeye State has also Removed nearly 155,000 Registrations that were Confirmed to be Abandoned and Inactive for at least Four Consecutive Years, according to LaRose.
The potential for Non-Citizen Voting to affect the Integrity of U.S. Elections has become a talking point for the GOP this Election Cycle.
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