Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose introduced Tuesday the referral of 62 new potential circumstances of voter fraud to the state legal professional common and native prosecutors following a yearly evaluation, together with 27 associated to ballots that will have been illegally forged within the 2020 presidential election.

The 27 circumstances signify simply 0.0005 % of the almost 6 million votes forged in Ohio, a state Donald Trump received by nearly 500,000 votes within the 2020 election, illustrating the rarity of voter fraud regardless of continued claims from Trump and his allies that fraud was widespread throughout a number of states.

"Our state is proof optimistic you do not have to decide on between safe or handy elections -- we've got each," LaRose, a Republican, mentioned in an announcement. "In Ohio, straightforward to vote and exhausting to cheat aren't mutually unique. On the finish of the day, these referrals are all about accountability."

The assertion mentioned 31 of the 62 new circumstances contain non-citizens who're at present registered to vote however didn't forged a poll in Ohio. The opposite 31 circumstances concern ballots that will have been illegally forged within the 2020 election or earlier.

27 of these 31 have been forged within the 2020 election, together with 4 non-citizens allegedly casting a poll, 14 ballots that have been forged within the identify of a deceased particular person, and 9 cases the place a person might have forged a number of ballots in a number of counties.

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Frank LaRose offers his victory speech after successful Ohio Secretary of State on Nov. 6, 2018 on the Ohio Republican Get together's election night time celebration on the Sheraton Capitol Sq. in Columbus, Ohio. LaRose introduced Monday that his workplace had referred 27 circumstances of alleged voter fraud from the 2020 election to prosecutors across the state.Justin Merriman/Getty Photographs

An audit straight following the 2020 election discovered that Ohio's votes have been counted almost completely, as LaRose and the state made election outcomes accessible on-line and reported that presidential outcomes have been 99.98 % correct, in response to The Related Press.

The circumstances referred Tuesday by LaRose might be investigated by the state legal professional common's workplace in addition to native authorities, which can decide if fees ought to be filed towards any of the people who forged the ballots, in response to The Columbus Dispatch.

An Related Press evaluation of six battleground states disputed by Trump discovered lower than 475 claims of voter fraud, which represented about 0.15 % of President Joe Biden's margin of victory throughout the states.

When reached for remark following the evaluation, Trump allegedly informed AP reporters he did not assume they need to "make a idiot out of your self" by publishing a narrative that said lower than 475 circumstances of fraud have been discovered throughout the disputed states. He additionally repeated claims that the election was stolen and mentioned voter fraud was rampant throughout the nation, however the AP reported that he didn't present particular proof that disputed its reporting.