Ohio has purged thousands of voters. Watchdog says it has the worst safeguards
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has purged hundreds of thousands of voters from the rolls, saying doing so is important to protect “election integrity.” But a watchdog has found that while LaRose professes to protect election integrity, Ohio has poor safeguards against removing eligible voters from the rolls.
By LaRose’s own accounting, fraudulent voting in Ohio is a problem that almost doesn’t exist.
LaRose found an infinitesimal 0.0005% “potentially illegal” voting in the last presidential election. Even so, he insists that his aggressive voter purges are for no purpose other than to protect the voter rolls.
It’s typical for election officials to perform routine maintenance on a state’s voter rolls. But some states go well beyond that, and a study last year indicated that Ohio’s practices were among those most likely to sweep eligible voters off the rolls — and those voters are more likely to be minorities, the American Bar Association said in a 2020 report.
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/10/03/ohio-has-purged-thousands-of-voters-watchdog-says-it-has-the-worst-safeguards/