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- June 26, 2019LaRose Issues Directive That Fulfills Duty to Maintain Accurate Voter Lists as Required by Law
Seeks to Partner with Community Organizations in Effort to Update Voter Registrations
- June 21, 2019New Report Shows Fastest First Five Months for New Business Filings In State History
COLUMBUS – Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose today announced 11,099 new entities filed to do business in Ohio in May. All combined, the first five months of new business filings are the most on record in the state of Ohio.
- June 11, 2019Secretary LaRose Issues Directive Boosting Election Security
COLUMBUS –Today Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose issued a new security directive to county boards of elections to implement significant security upgrades.
- May 21, 2019LaRose Announces Winner of the 'I Voted' Sticker Design Contest
COLUMBUS - Today Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced the winner of the 'I Voted' sticker contest.
- May 16, 2019April 2019 Marks Fourth Highest New Business Filing Month in State History
COLUMBUS – Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose today announced 12,385 new entities filed to do business in Ohio in April. This is the fourth highest monthly total in state history behind March 2019, April 2018, and March 2017, respectively.
- May 9, 2019Secretary LaRose Travels to Alabama in Honor of Voting Rights
COLUMBUS – Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is traveling to Alabama for a nonpartisan voting rights history tour in Alabama with 18 other secretaries of states across the nation.
- May 9, 2019LaRose Announces 'I Voted' Sticker Finalists & Opens Voting to Select A Winning Design
COLUMBUS –Today Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced the three finalists of the ‘I Voted’ sticker contest. Over 2,000 submissions were received from young Ohioans all over the state.
- May 8, 2019LaRose Statement on the Senate Passage of SB 107
COLUMBUS- Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose released the following statement today after the Ohio Senate passed SB 107. This legislation is sponsored by State Senator Michael Rulli (R- Salem).
- May 3, 2019The Women’s Suffrage Centennial Informational Session
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- May 3, 2019LaRose Statement on the Federal Court Decision Regarding Ohio Congressional Districts
STATEMENT ATTRIBUTABLE TO OHIO SECRETARY OF STATE FRANK LAROSE:
- April 29, 2019EDITORIAL: LaRose, lawmakers are right to modernize Ohio voter registration
April 26, 2019
- April 24, 2019Statement from Secretary LaRose on the Signing of Senate Bill 30
COLUMBUS –Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose participated in the Governor's Bill Signing of Senate Bill 30, a law that will create the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission. The following may be attributed to Secretary LaRose.
- April 24, 2019LaRose Announces a Bipartisan Working Group to Modernize Ohio's Voter Registration System
COLUMBUS –Today Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced the formation of a working group which will work to modernize voter registration in Ohio. The working group includes State Senator Vernon Sykes (D-Akron), State Senator Nathan Manning (R-Huron), and State Representative Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Cleveland).
- April 18, 2019New Report Sets Record for Largest Number of New Business Filings in Ohio History
COLUMBUS – Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose today announced 13,747 new entities filed to do business in Ohio in March 2019. This marks the most new business filings in a single month in state history.
- April 10, 2019Fresh Start Voter Registration Campaign Announces Results
COLUMBUS - In February, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced an unprecedented effort to send voter registration forms to addresses which never responded to “last chance” postcards sent by their local county Board of Elections in 2018. The goal was to go above and beyond any previous effort to ensure those abandoned voter registrations had every opportunity to re-register.
- April 10, 2019NEWS: Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose highlights early voting while casting ballot in Summit County
April 9, 2019
- April 9, 2019ADVISORY: LaRose Cancels Ohio Ballot Board Meeting
COLUMBUS – Due to the formal withdrawal of the Presidential Election Popular Vote Amendment by its Petition Committee, the meeting of the Ohio Ballot Board scheduled for Wednesday, April 10, 2019 has been canceled.
- April 7, 2019LaRose Highlights Spring Voter Registration Deadline
COLUMBUS – Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose reminds voters that the deadline to register to vote is TOMORROW, Monday April 8, 2019.
- April 4, 2019LaRose Releases Findings on Miami County Board of Elections Investigation
TROY– Today, Secretary of State Frank LaRose released the Report on Requirements and Recommendations, detailing the findings and next steps regarding the vote discrepancy for the 2018 General Election in Miami County.
- April 3, 2019LaRose Statement on the Unanimous Senate Passage of SB 52
COLUMBUS- Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose released the following statement today after the Ohio Senate unanimously passed SB 52. This legislation is sponsored by State Senator Theresa Gavarone (R- Bowling Green.)