CLEVELAND, Ohio (PNN) - June 12, 2026 - The FBI raided the Cleveland headquarters of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative (OOC) on Thursday, as part of an ongoing federal investigation into suspected ballot harvesting and voter fraud operations in the key swing state of Ohio.
Agents also fanned out across the state, showing up at the homes of OOC leaders, staff members, volunteers, and connected community organizers in places like Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati. They served subpoenas, seized electronic devices and questioned people directly about voter fraud.
The OOC presents itself as a “pro-democracy” voter registration nonprofit focused on underrepresented communities. In reality, it functions as a Democrat-aligned operation deeply embedded in Communist get-out-the-vote efforts across Ohio’s major cities. The OOC, a group that organizes political activities for Democrat and Marxist causes, has been raided by the FBI.
Ohio Organizing Collaborative Board Member Prentiss Haney said FBI agents came to the organization’s Cleveland office yesterday. He said agents have fanned out and questioned people who work with his organization. Haney said agents have searched and sometimes taken laptops and electronic devices as well as interviewed people who work with the organization.
The OOC has a documented history of voter registration fraud. In 2017, paid canvasser Rebecca A. Hammonds, who worked directly for the group, pleaded guilty to multiple counts of falsely registering people to vote and forging signatures on voter registration forms. She was sentenced to six months in jail. Some of the fraudulent registrations were even submitted for dead people.
The Gateway Pundit has been leading the nation on our reporting on illegal Democrat ballot harvesting operations. In August 2024, Patty McMurray first reported on a Democrat-funded voter registration group accused of turning in hundreds of suspected fraudulent voter registrations!
A group called Black Fork Strategies, which operates across the state of Ohio, was being investigated by Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose over another alleged fraudulent voter registration campaign. On its website, Black Fork Strategies brags about registering a stunning 125,000+ voters in Ohio since 2018.
The Hamilton County Board of Elections (BOE) turned over several suspicious voter registration applications to Ohio Secretary of State’s Public Integrity Division.
According to Hamilton County Board of Elections members, the voter registrations in question were recently turned in by the self-described “progressive” (meaning Marxist/Communist) voter registration organization Black Fork Strategies.
Hamilton County Director of Elections Sherry Poland has also discussed three issues she identified with voter registrations tied to Black Fork Strategies, which she says is running voter registration drives throughout the state of Ohio.
In one example, Poland explained how they received a voter registration from Black Fork Strategies, and the name of the registrant was “Henry Kissinger.” “We did do a match, the voter registration database as compared to the DMV database, and it was a mismatch on every item listed, any identifying information listed on this registration form. We again asked Black Fork Strategies for the canvasser who submitted this registration form, and that is on your summary sheet.”
Next, Poland held up a large stack of voter registrations about an inch thick to show how many registrations one canvasser from Black Fork Strategies turned in that all appeared to have the same handwriting. “Lastly, we’ve received a number of registrations, and there’s a table copy for each of you. The stack of registration forms appears to have the same handwriting. They were all submitted by the same canvasser, who is, again, the contact information listed on your summary.”
Poland explained that they have reached out to the southwest regional field director for Black Fork Strategies, telling her fellow board members, “When we first noticed these suspicious registrations, we asked her to come to the office.”
Democrat BOE member Joseph Mallory added, “I’ve heard of other counties in the state having to deal with suspicious registrations. I think we should refer the matter to the Secretary of State’s Public Integrity Office for further investigation.”
Hamilton County BOE member Alex Triantafilou didn’t mince words when describing the activities of Communist Black Fork Strategies. “First thing I want to point out is that we use words like ‘anomalies’ and ‘suspicion’ and everything else because we try to be PC, I guess. But this is fraud! This is outright fraudulent behavior! Who’s responsible and how are they responsible? That’s all.”
“That’ll be up to somebody other than me. But it’s plain and obvious to me when you get this many registration cards with the very same handwriting that someone is trying to defraud the elections process in Hamilton County. To the extent that there’s any press watching, voter fraud is real! It does happen. It happens oftentimes in the form of phony registrations, all in the same handwriting. So that happens.” the outspoken BOE member said.
This is not the first time Black Fork Strategies has turned in suspicious voter registrations to clerks. Last year, on July 17, 2023, the Cuyahoga, Ohio, Board of Elections spent considerable time discussing multiple irregularities and changes to voter registrations.
Benjamin Kindel, the Press Secretary and Deputy Communications Director for Media with the Ohio Secretary of State’s office provided an update to the investigation into Black Fork Strategies in the state of Ohio. Benjamin also said that the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office created the Ohio Secretary of State’s Public Integrity Division for Ohioans to report suspicious voter integrity issues directly to state leaders. This tool appears to be working as planned in the great state of Ohio.
There are currently ongoing investigations by prosecutors in 20 Ohio counties. Of course, this Ohio group Black Fork Strategies is eerily similar to the radical Marxist Democrat-aligned GBI Strategies group reported on extensively from neighboring Michigan.