Ahead of the general election in November, Secretary o State Frank LaRose has announced the launch of a program aimed at assisting county boards of elections with maintaining accurate voter registration records.

The effort centers on using county-specific digital dashboards designed to help election officials identify discrepancies in their voter rolls that require additional review.

These dashboards are supposed to show the number of registration records flagged for potential errors, like illegal characters in name fields, placeholder birthdates, unreasonably high ages and improper birth/registration date combinations.

LaRose said the program will provide dashboards to six counties including Franklin, Gallia, Lake, Lucas and Warren.

"We have a duty under the law to maintain accurate voter rolls, and that requires constant vigilance," said Secretary LaRose. "Hundreds of times every day, a registered voter dies, moves, changes a name or cancels a registration. We also have records that for many years have been manually entered into the system from a hand-written form. That process can sometimes lead to human error, and this program will help our county elections officials more effectively clear up these issues."

21 News has reached out to LaRose's office for more information about this program.