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Ohio Secretary LaRose Continues to Fend Off Dems on Voter Data
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose continues to defend his decision to send voter data to the federal government despite increased Democratic opposition.
LaRose has been complying with a directive from the Trump administration’s Department of Justice to hand over statewide voter registration lists to identify and remove ineligible voters from the rolls.
The data includes names, addresses, driver’s license information, and the last four digits of Social Security numbers—information that the federal government already can access.
“They don’t like it when I call out what they’re actually doing. There’s nothing wrong that happened,” LaRose told The Daily Signal on Tuesday, adding that Democrats are playing on the public’s concern about potential data leaks.
LaRose argued that such fearmongering is “voter suppression.”
“They’re creating fear among registered voters for their own political gain,” he said. “What they’re doing is creating fake outrage, when there shouldn’t be any, which causes people to........