ASHLAND — There are 772 people in Ashland County who could be purged from the state’s voter rolls by July 22, according to Ohio Secretary of State records.
The Ashland County voters are part of a list of 158,857 inactive voters published by the the Ohio Secretary of State’s office recently. The voters are eligible to be removed from the Statewide Voter Registration Database — meaning they would be purged from voter rolls.
“These registrations are eligible for removal under the law because records show they’re no longer residing or active at the registered address for at least the last four consecutive years,” LaRose said in a statement.
Shannon Johnson, deputy director of the Ashland County Board of Elections, said Ashland County voters on the list had zero voter activity since April 28, 2020.
Filling out a change-of-address form with the U.S. Postal Service, death or not voting at the registered address in the last four years would flag a voter as eligible for removal.
The state’s 88 county boards of elections were required to collect and submit this data to LaRose’s office earlier this year.
County boards of elections must complete their voter purge by July 22, so people on the inactive voter list have until then to take action.
Below is a list of 772 Ashland County voters that are eligible for purging.
How to get off the list and still vote in November
If you don’t want to be removed from the rolls and still still be able to vote in the November election, you can do the following by July 22:
- Confirm or update their voter registration at VoteOhio.gov, by mail or in-person at their local county board of elections.
- Update or confirm their address with their county board of elections.
- Submit an absentee ballot application.
- Sign a candidate or issue petition that is verified by a board of elections.
The deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 5 election is Oct. 7.
Johnson said the secretary of state will send out absentee ballot applications after voters have already been purged, so she encouraged people not to rely on those applications to get off the purge list.
A voter whose registration has been purged can regain their ability to vote by registering again on the Secretary’s registration website or by visiting their county board of elections.