Ohio's secretary of state and attorney general initiated investigations into potential voter fraud before the November presidential election, focusing on individuals suspected of voting despite not being U.S. citizens. Despite the initial concerns raised by Republican officials about ineligible voters participating in elections, the outcome of these efforts revealed only a handful of cases.
Out of 621 criminal referrals for voter fraud, prosecutors in Ohio have secured indictments against nine individuals over a 10-year period for voting as noncitizens. This represents a small fraction of the state's 8 million registered voters and the millions of ballots cast during that timeframe.
