DeMora Denounces LaRose for Again Pursuing Voter Purge Ahead of November Election

Today, state Senator Bill DeMora (D-Columbus) denounced Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s intent to purge potentially thousands of voters from the voter rolls ahead of the November election.

“Even after the extremely aggressive voter purges before last November’s election that eliminated thousands of registered voters, Secretary LaRose has decided to double down and kick even more Ohioans off of the rolls,” said DeMora. “It shows Secretary LaRose doesn’t want to run elections at all, he just wants to rig them. The fact that Ohio has such safe and fair elections is purely despite our Secretary of State, not because of him!”

Last November, Secretary LaRose purged thousands of voters from Ohio voter rolls. The purge was highlighted after Representative Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) sent a letter to the Secretary of State’s office to ascertain the scope of the purge. Secretary LaRose did not immediately respond to the letter after multiple attempts to engage, and when he finally did, he provided no answers to the questions asked. Much is still unknown about the full scope of how many eligible voters were purged from the rolls. It remains unclear if the Secretary of State’s office will have any transparency regarding the process this time or not.