Why Can't Ohio's Election Systems Prevent Criminal Cases Like the More Than 1,200 Sent to the DOJ?

IN SOME OHIO ELECTIONS,

A CANDIDATE OR BALLOT ISSUE IS DECIDED BY A SINGLE VOTE.

YET LEGAL VOTES IN OHIO ARE BEING DILUTED BY ILLEGAL VOTES -

VOTES THAT COULD ALTER ELECTION RESULTS AND OVERTURN DULY ELECTED CANDIDATEs OR BALLOT ISSUES.

On October 28, 2025, Secretary LaRose referred more than 1,200 election related criminal cases to the U.S. Department of Justice for potential federal prosecution, including:

167 noncitizens who may have cast a ballot in recent elections

99 individuals who may have voted in two states

16 individuals who may have voted twice in the same Ohio election

14 individuals who may have voted after they died

1,084 noncitizens who may have registered to vote unlawfully in Ohio

4 individuals who may have engaged in ballot harvesting, and

2 individuals who may have registered at a at an address that was not their residency

Because Ohio laws and current Secretary of State directives do fully identify all noncitizens and other ineligible individuals who may be registering or voting in Ohio, the true number could be significantly higher. Examples include:

• Not a single Ohio voter is verified to be a U.S. citizen before being added to the voter rolls.

• Except for individuals who register through the BMV or online, identification information provided on voter registration forms is not verified before registration. Tens of thousands of voters appear on Ohio voter rolls with invalid or incorrectly entered ID information.

• Individuals may register by mail without providing verified proof of identity, then vote by mail without a copy of a photo ID - as did more than a million voters in November 2024 - raising concerns among many citizens that their lawful votes may be diluted from ballots cast by ineligible voters.

• Concerned citizens have presented evidence to county Boards of Elections showing more than 3,500 Ohio voters can still vote in Ohio despite having moved and voting in another state. These challenges were denied. Yet, the Secretary of State has since required Boards of Elections to remove other voters for the exact same reason.

• County Boards of Elections are legally required to maintain accurate voter rolls, yet lack access to the databases needed to verify that the rolls are correct.