Secretary of State LaRose continues promoting election integrity before the 2026 midterms

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has doubled down on promoting election integrity by helping voters and election officials ahead of the 2026 midterms.

On November 13, LaRose announced that his office had trained and deployed Ohio’s first AI-powered election administration assistant, which he claimed would provide immediate around-the-clock availability to election officials in all 88 counties.

The press release stated that the AI assistant, Eva (for Elections Virtual Assistant), will serve as a cyber-advisor to boards of elections, utilizing the latest technology to provide targeted and efficient guidance on the rules and procedures of Ohio’s voting process.

“She’s definitely a data nerd and a bit on the wonky side, but I’m not sure I’ve met someone who can answer a common question about election administration as quickly and effectively as Eva,” LaRose said. 

He added that Eva is a “game-changer for our election officials.”

“For decades, they’ve had to manually search a 524-page rulebook to find basic instructions on everything from managing the voter registration database to conducting a post-election audit,” LaRose said. “Eva can provide those answers immediately with a simple search prompt.”

Eva’s database, which is still under development, is designed to ensure accuracy by drawing only from official sources, rather than the broader internet. Eva is “exclusively trained on content from both the Ohio Election Official Manual and the annual election calendar,” providing answers in the same way as ChatGPT, Grok or Google Gemini do.

“This will be an incredible resource for election officials across Ohio,” Seneca County Board of Elections Director Lori Elchert said. “Election work is fast-paced and detail-driven, and having a tool that can instantly pull accurate information from official sources will make our jobs more efficient and allow us to better serve voters.”

Another way LaRose attempted to help Ohioans during the election season was by providing an easy way for them to identify both their current and newly established congressional districts, where candidates will run in 2026, and which will remain in effect through 2032. 

LaRose announced an update to his office’s interactive Find My District tool in a separate November 12 press release.

“This is an important resource not only for voters but also for candidates preparing to circulate petitions for the districts they want to represent,” he said. “Ohioans deserve clarity and transparency in our elections, and that is exactly what we deliver.”

By using this tool, Ohioans can search their address to view and compare their current and new congressional districts, as well as their Ohio House, Ohio Senate and State Board of Education districts.

“Technology is giving us the tools to make election integrity a central focus of everything we do,” LaRose said. “I hope that when we leave this office, Ohioans will look at our administration and say we left it better and more accountable than it was before.”

LaRose supported voter integrity before by opposing illegal immigrants voting in the United States, additionally stating that saying that dead people’s names must not be used to get votes and uncovering 1,200 cases of possible voter fraud.