Ohio's office of the secretary of state referred 41 people for potential prosecution on illegal voting grounds across eight states and Washington, D.C. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
"Critics of Ohio’s election integrity efforts may try to minimize the significance of these referrals, as though some small amount of election crime is acceptable," LaRose wrote to Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. "Even one illegal vote can spoil the outcome of an election for the citizenry at large, whether it be a school levy, majority control of a legislative chamber, or even a statewide election contest."
"Just this last election, a single vote in Licking County decided the outcome of a local levy after the final certified count," LaRose noted.
Yost's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
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President Donald Trump's justice department is suing North Carolina for failing to properly maintain its state voter rolls. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
The lawsuit claims that a "significant number" of North Carolina voters who did not fill out voter registration forms in compliance with HAVA were "nonetheless registered by their election officials."
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A previous edition of the state elections board, which had a Democratic majority, acknowledged the problem in late 2023 after a voter complained. The board updated the voter registration form but declined to contact people who had registered to vote since 2004 in time for the 2024 elections so they could fill in the missing numbers.
Fox News' Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.
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