Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced a data sharing agreement with the Trump administration to access federal data for voter roll maintenance.
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OhioelectionsofficialsreachedadatasharingagreementwithPresidentDonaldTrump’sadministrationthatwillhelpcleanupandmaintainthestate’svoterrolls.
OhioSecretaryofStateFrankLaRoseannouncedthenewagreementonMonday,sayingitguaranteesOhioaccesstoenhancedfederalrecordsforatleast20years.ThedealreferstothefederalSystematicAlienVerificationforEntitlements(SAVE)database,whichpreviouslyhadlimitedandcostlyavailabilitytostateelectionofficials.
LaRosesaysMonday’sagreementwiththeDepartmentofHomelandSecurityguaranteesOhiothecapabilitytoobtainverifiabledatasupportingeachcitizenverificationaswellastheabilitytoperformbulkverificationrequests.
“OhiohasadutytoensurethatonlyU.S.citizensareregisteredtovote,andthisagreementgivesusthetoolstodothatjobright,”LaRosesaid.“IappreciatetheTrumpadministrationforworkingwithustodeliverlong-termaccesstothe
