“And by doing that, we can eliminate hundreds of thousands of duplicate or expired registrations from the rolls which will make sure the integrity of the process is more secure so we don’t have people casting a ballot on behalf of those people either intentionally or accidentally. And at the same time, we can reduce the costs because no longer local boards of elections have to send them mailings letting them know where their polling locations are.”

Husted says this will give voters the opportunity to make the changes themselves. He says that will make sure the state doesn’t run the risk of removing someone who is legitimately registered to vote. Husted believes there are at least 70,000 voters who no longer live in Ohio and several hundred thousand voters who have moved within Ohio.