OHIO — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose said his office has identified more than 1,000 noncitizens who were registered to vote and has sent the cases to the U.S. Department of Justice for prosecution.

What You Need To Know

In a letter, LaRose outlined evidentiary materials for 1,084 noncitizens who have registered to vote in Ohio

The unlawful voting occurred in the most recent four federal election cycles

The cases will be evaluated by the DOJ

“Ohio has earned its reputation as the Gold Standard, and our Election Integrity Unit continues to prove why,” said LaRose. “We work tirelessly to ensure that every eligible voter’s voice is heard, and anyone who tries to cheat the system will face serious consequences.”

In a letter, LaRose outlined evidentiary materials for 1,084 noncitizens who have registered to vote in Ohio, which includes 167 noncitizens who appear to have also voted in a federal election. LaRose said the unlawful voting occurred in the most recent four federal election cycles — 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2024. 

LaRose also said he is referring for consideration of evidence for the following: 

99 individuals who appear to have voted in two states in the same federal election

16 individuals who appear to have voted twice in Ohio in the same federal election

14 individuals who appear to have voted in a federal election after the date of their death

Four individuals who appear to have engaged in ballot harvesting

Two individuals who appear to have registered at a residence where they were not entitled to register

“I have made numerous criminal referrals throughout my administration, with much of the evidence related to unlawful registration and voting activity," LaRose wrote in a letter to the Department’s Criminal Division. "These cases have encountered varying degrees of adjudication from Ohio’s 88 county prosecutors. We now have an executive administration at the White House and the Department of Justice that has expressed an interest in actively reviewing and potentially prosecuting evidence of federal election crimes. Therefore, I formally refer for your consideration the materials we have gathered and submitted to local and state prosecutors, and I have included with this letter documentation and evidentiary materials regarding each of the alleged offenses.”

Ohio will once again hold an election on Nov. 4, and this week is the last chance Ohioans will get to vote early in that election. For more information, click here.

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