Ohio Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose ordered county election boards to remove 499 non-citizens from their voter rolls on Thursday as he audits the state’s voter registration database ahead of the 2024 election.
The audit began in May after the Ohio Public Integrity Division found that 137 people in Ohio were registered to vote despite confirming twice before that they were not U.S. citizens. LaRose’s latest order targets more individuals who confirmed to the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) that they are non-citizens, and that status was also confirmed by a review of the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database system, according to LaRose’s office.
“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,” said LaRose. “That means…
