COLUMBUS – June is National Candy Month and Ohio has contributed to dentist visits since before the Civil War! From producing international brands such as Dum Dums lollipops to small town fudge shops, these businesses put a smile on the faces of kids of …
COLUMBUS – Ohioans continue to create new businesses at an impressive pace, reaching 17,387 in June 2021. In just the first six months of 2021, Ohio has surpassed 111,000 new business filings. Five years ago in 2016, it took an entire year for Ohioans to …
COLUMBUS – Tomorrow is Election Day! 28,656 voters in the 11th Congressional District and 10,537 voters in the 15th Congressional District have cast their absentee ballot or voted early. This data includes all ballots received and processed through 2:00pm …
COLUMBUS – Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has received the 2021 "Innovators Award" from the National Association of State Election Directors (NASED) for Ohio's Precinct Election Official Recruitment Program during the 2020 election. …
COLUMBUS – Ohioans have long made their living off the land. Over time, it became our state’s number one industry, and today most of Ohio’s 77,000 farms are run by families. Put plainly, Ohio relies on our land and the people who cultivate it. This month, …
COLUMBUS – Ohio recorded 15,230 new business filings in the month of July, continuing Ohio’s torrid pace of new business creations for 2021, coming off the heels of 2020’s record setting year. “As I travel the state and speak with business leaders and …
Ohio is the gold standard of election administration, and in 2020, more Ohioans voted in the presidential election than in any election in state history. Such access to the ballot is only possible thanks to the security protocols in place that ensure the …
COLUMBUS – Today, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced that voting for military and overseas Ohioans has begun for the election on November 2, 2021. All other registered voters may begin voting in-person or by mail-in absentee ballot starting …
Ohio is a bottom-up voter registration state and the Ohio Statewide Voter Registration Database reflects the voter registration records maintained by the 88 county boards of elections. Today the Office of the Ohio Secretary of State updated its Statewide …
COLUMBUS – With Ohio’s early industrialization in the 1800’s spurred by our agricultural roots and robust transportation infrastructure, Ohio cities became manufacturing hubs that drew thousands to migrate to Ohio from other states and abroad. Today more …
The following statement from Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is pursuant to some members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission calling for another statewide tour instead of working to reach agreement on a 10-year congressional map: "In August, the …
With 20 days until the election, more than 27,000 Ohioans have signed up to serve as a poll worker on November 2nd. This includes 12,456 Democratic poll workers and 11,592 Republicans. Yet only four of the 88 counties have met their recruitment goal for …
Today Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Sherrod Brown once again failed to move S. 2747, their latest attempt to federalize election administration, forward. After their failure, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose issued the following …
COLUMBUS – Tomorrow is Election Day! 377,399 voters have cast their absentee ballot or voted early statewide. Of those, 172,886 cast their ballot early in-person. This data includes all ballots received and processed through 2:00pm on Monday afternoon. …
As a result of a failure by the Franklin County Board of Elections to effectively follow a remediation plan as provided by the Ohio Secretary of State, e-pollbooks failed once again to work properly this past Election Day. Consequentially, Ohio Secretary …
With 14,140 new business filings in October, Ohio entrepreneurs are close to breaking the record total for 2020 with two full months remaining to create a business. Ohioans have submitted a total of 170,740 new business filings through October this year …
At the direction of Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a review of the most recent new business filings indicates that with more than five weeks left in 2021, Ohio has already broken the state record for new business filings. As of close of business on …
COLUMBUS – Every year in December, families and businesses across both Ohio and the nation celebrate the holiday season by sharing gifts with their loved ones. To most, this is an enduring, memorable time of their lives that started when they were children …
Bill is a Win-Win for Voters, Taxpayers Today, the Ohio House of Representatives approved HB 458, legislation to eliminate August special elections. The bill now moves to the Senate for its consideration. August special elections impose an unnecessary …
The Accomplishments and Initiatives of the Ohio Secretary of State in 2021 Fresh off the heels of Ohio's most successful election in state history in November of 2020, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose continued to build on that momentum over the …
