New Jersey's Lax Oversight Allows 6,600 Noncitizens to Be Registered to Vote, 400 Illegally Cast Ballots
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Governor Mikie Sherrill's review found that a software glitch in New Jersey's motor-vehicle system led to 6,600 noncitizens being registered to vote, with about 400 actually voting. The state is scrambling to remove these names, but questions about election integrity and government transparency remain.
Governor Mikie Sherrill revealed that an alarming software glitch in New Jersey's motor-vehicle system resulted in roughly 6,600 noncitizens being registered to vote between June 2023 and June 2024. Even more concerning, about 400 of these individuals actually cast ballots, raising serious doubts about the integrity of the state's elections. Officials claim they do not know which elections were affected and insist there is no evidence of altered results, but the damage to public trust is clear.
"They were registered as Democrats, Republicans and unaffiliated voters and were scattered across the state," Sherrill admitted, showing the widespread nature of the problem.
The governor explained that the error occurred when the system wrongly recorded applicants as citizens, despite their keypad answers indicating otherwise. Now, the state is belatedly removing these illegal registrations and has begun an investigation, including replacing the vendor Idemia, whose incompetence contributed to this fiasco.
Sherrill was quick to blame the prior administration rather than take full responsibility, and she refused to provide personal data to federal officials, citing so-called concerns over misuse. This raises questions about whether the state is truly committed to transparency and election security. The Department of Homeland Security had previously warned about thousands of noncitizens being registered, a claim Sherrill has tried to downplay and demand evidence for.
Similar voter registration mistakes have happened in other states, but New Jersey's incident dwarfs recent cases in Oregon and California, highlighting the urgent need for stricter safeguards and enforcement to protect the sanctity of American elections.