Two Ohioans and the state Democratic party are challenging a newly devised policy for returning absentee ballots. They argue Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s directive requiring people to fill out an attestation when returning someone else’s ballot amounts to making “new requirements and voting restrictions out of whole cloth.”

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose issued the following statement Tuesday regarding the administrative stay granted by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth District in the lawsuit challenging Ohio’s ban on foreign funding of state ballot issue campaigns.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced Friday that the state’s 2024 general election is officially underway, as the 88 county boards of elections are now sending out ballots to military and overseas voters.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose issued the following statement today regarding the Supreme Court of Ohio’s decision on a lawsuit challenging the Ballot Board’s approved summary of State Issue 1.

On the debate stage Tuesday, former president Donald Trump reiterated the widely debunked claim that he won the 2020 election. Less than two months from election day, state officials in Ohio and Republican leaders in Congress appear to be laying the groundwork for future claims of fraud if Trump loses in November, an election watchdog is warning.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced that his office’s Election Integrity Unit has sent evidence of more than 600 alleged election law violations to the Ohio Attorney General’s office.

Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced that his Election Integrity Unit has issued a warning to Ohio’s 88 county boards of elections after an investigation uncovered the alleged use of illegal voter registration forms by a government agency.

Secretary of State Frank LaRose joined five fellow Secretaries of State this week to appear before the U.S. House Committee on Administration on efforts to build public confidence in the upcoming November election.

Secretary of State Frank LaRose is fond of saying that “it’s easy to vote and hard to cheat” in Ohio elections. But his recent — and not-so-recent — conduct seems to contradict both halves of that formulation, a watchdog says.

Since initially flagging hundreds of alleged noncitizens on Ohio’s voter rolls, Secretary of State Frank LaRose has begun sending letters to those who are, in fact, citizens. The letter congratulates them “on being an active participant in our democracy!” and encourages them to make sure their records are up to date.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced Tuesday he and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost have filed a motion to stay a federal court ruling on Ohio’s law banning foreign funding of statewide ballot campaigns.

The two Democrats on the Ohio Ballot Board called out the state attorney general for speaking on their behalf in a lawsuit about ballot language for the proposed redistricting amendment, and wrote their own court document agreeing that the language violates the constitution.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose called on the Ohio General Assembly Thursday to enact legislation giving his office authority to require proof of citizenship on state-issued voter registration forms.

As Ohio voters begin receiving official absentee ballot application forms in the mail this week, Secretary of State Frank LaRose is reminding Ohioans to be vigilant when completing any absentee ballot application form that isn’t labeled as official election mail.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose Friday released the list of statewide candidates who have met the requirements necessary to appear on the statewide ballot in Ohio for the Nov. 5, 2024 general election.