Press Releases

COLUMBUS – Today Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced the selected businesses for November’s Ohio Business Spotlight. This month, we are shining a light on several veteran-owned businesses from across the state.

COLUMBUS – Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose released the following statement today after the Ohio Senate unanimously passed SB 194. This legislation is sponsored by State Senator Michael Rulli (R- Salem).

STATEMENT ATTRIBUTABLE TO OHIO SECRETARY OF STATE FRANK LAROSE:

COLUMBUS –Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced that at the close of early voting, 320,299 ballots had been cast statewide according to the latest data compiled from Ohio's Boards of Elections. This includes more than 194,034 absentee ballots cast by mail, 125,666 in person ballots and 599 military and overseas ballots. Boards of Elections are accepting military and overseas ballots for another 10 days.

COLUMBUS –Today Governor Mike DeWine signed SB 52 into law, sponsored by State Senator Theresa Gavarone (R- Bowling Green.) This landmark bill strengthens Ohio’s cyber-security posture and better prepares the state for the digital threats facing Boards of Elections, critical infrastructure, and all local government entities.

STATEMENT ATTRIBUTABLE TO SPOKESPERSON MAGGIE SHEEHAN:

COLUMBUS – Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose today announced 9,989 new entities filed to do business in Ohio in September, allowing Ohio to reach 101,352 new businesses in the first nine months of 2019. Ohio has never created 100,000 new businesses before October.

COLUMBUS – Today Secretary of State Frank LaRose kicks off the Ohio Business Spotlight – an initiative designed to highlight strong businesses that can serve as examples of Ohio’s economic potential. Ohio businesses start at the Ohio Secretary of State’s office, so there is a special opportunity to empower new entrepreneurs with the knowledge they need to succeed in the Buckeye state. Each month, Secretary LaRose will select various businesses around the state that share a common theme. In honor of Manufacturing Month, this October we are featuring manufacturing businesses around the state.

COLUMBUS - Today, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose issued a statement on the United States Supreme Court’s ruling regarding Congressional Redistricting, thereby throwing out the current challenge and allowing Ohio to move forward on its new congressional redistricting process upon completion of the next U.S. Census.

COLUMBUS – Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose reminds voters that the deadline to register to vote is TODAY, Monday, October 7, 2019.

COLUMBUS – Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose released the following statement today after the Ohio House unanimously passed SB 52. This legislation is sponsored by State Senator Theresa Gavarone (R- Bowling Green). It now returns to the Ohio Senate for concurrence.

COLUMBUS –Today Secretary LaRose released the new Fresh Start list. The list of cancelled registrations as required by state and federal law will be shared with organizations that were part of the Registration Reset initiative as well as posted online – all in an effort to allow interested Ohioans a fresh opportunity to register to vote prior to the October 7 deadline.

COLUMBUS - Today, Secretary LaRose is launching a new system to modernize the way we notarize in Ohio.

COLUMBUS – Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose today announced 10,812 new entities filed to do business in Ohio in August. With over 90,000 new business entities filing to do business this year alone, Ohio continues to be well ahead of last year’s record breaking pace.

September 13, 2019

COLUMBUS- Last week it was announced that a former consultant of Congressman Steve Chabot’s congressional campaign was being investigated for allegedly embezzling more than $120,000 from Rep. Chabot’s campaign account. Initial reports indicate the individual listed his own father as the campaign treasurer, doing so without his permission, in order to maintain autonomous and secret control over campaign funds without any accountability.  The embezzlement of funds is a clear abuse of the campaign finance system.

COLUMBUS- Today Secretary Frank LaRose issued Directive 2019-22(opens in a new window), instructing county boards of elections on how to move forward with the voter list maintenance process pursuant to state and federal law, while providing certain exceptions and safeguards to ensure that no registrant is improperly denied the opportunity to vote.

STATEMENT ATTRIBUTABLE TO SPOKESPERSON MAGGIE SHEEHAN:

STATEMENT ATTRIBUTABLE TO SPOKESPERSON MAGGIE SHEEHAN:

Today a settlement was announced in the A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI) v. LaRose case regarding the inactive voter confirmation notices sent prior to 2016 as part of the Supplemental process of general voter list maintenance.