The latest statewide directive to clean up voter rolls is business as usual for the Washington County Board of Elections, a local election official said.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose issued the directive last week to start the process of removing outdated or abandoned registrations eligible to be purged by 2029.

According to a release on the office’s website, federal law requires registrations eligible for removal to receive a four-year notification process that includes mailed notices from the local election board offering clear instructions on how to restore a registration to active status.

“Ohio has one of the most efficient and effective voter list maintenance programs in the country,” LaRose said in the release.

“Members of the U.S. House Committee on Administration, which helps to oversee our election laws, have been citing Ohio’s voter registration integrity efforts as a model for the nation, and it’s one that’s been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.

We’ve created a process that’s very transparent so Ohioans can have absolute confidence in the integrity of our elections.”

State law requires election officials to regularly “verify the accuracy of the information in the statewide voter registration database,” the release said.

Mandy Amos, director of the Washington County Board of Elections, said the office monitors registrations for a lack of activity.

In addition to voting, activity can include signing a candidate petition, requesting an absentee ballot or changing the name or address on a registration.

If a voter does not cast a ballot, or engage in another activity, in two federal election cycles, they are sent a notice, Amos said.

The notice includes space to respond and confirm their registration information, she said.

The state receives lists of changes of address from the U.S. Postal Service and shares relevant information from that with local boards, Amos said.

Some states compare voter rolls to see if there are duplicate registrations as a result of people moving.

A new four-year registration cycle begins each year, Amos said.

“Most of what the state has us doing is just … our normal process,” she said.

The secretary’s new Office of Data Analytics and Archives last year introduced a custom-built data integrity tool to help county boards maintain accurate records and address discrepancies, the state release said.

The state also makes monthly efforts to remove deceased individuals and incarcerated felons from the rolls, while new registrations and voting histories are cross-checked to ensure noncitizens are not registered or voting.

Before registrations are removed, they are published online by the secretary of state’s office.

The list of 352,389 registrations eligible for removal by Sept. 23, 2025, can be searched and downloaded online at RegistrationReadiness.OhioSOS.gov.

The release from the secretary of state’s office says any eligible citizen removed from the rolls can restore their registration by reregistering at VoteOhio.gov.