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Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose spoke at our recent Policy and Prayer event in Ohio. Now he is working tirelessly to rid his state’s voter rolls of “noncitizens” ahead of the election. We pray that other states would learn from this powerful example!

From Fox News. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose ordered the state’s voter rolls to be purged of “non-citizens” Tuesday after a review found more than 100 Ohio residents who were registered to vote despite lacking U.S. citizenship.

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An investigation by Ohio’s Public Integrity Division analyzed data from the state’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles and found 137 people who appeared on voter rolls despite twice confirming they were not U.S. citizens. …

The improper voter registration could result in prosecution for some, but LaRose cautioned that not all instances are criminal.

“It’s important to recognize that some of these registrations may be the result of an honest mistake,” LaRose said. “These may be well-meaning people trying to pursue the American dream, and communication barriers sometimes result in a registration form being submitted in error. We need to help them get that cleared up before an accidental registration becomes an illegal vote that could result in a felony conviction or even deportation.”

LaRose’s office says there may be more non-citizens registered to vote than the initial investigation uncovered. Much of the data provided by the BMV requires cross-referencing with other databases, some of them federal.

To that effect, Ohio is calling on President Biden’s administration to provide access to several sources of citizenship data. …

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(Excerpt from Fox News. Photo Credit: Phil Roeder from Des Moines, IA, USA – Election Day 2020, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons)