New Jersey Governor Admits Hundreds of Non-Citizens Voted Due to ‘Software Error’

The White House says a disclosure Tuesday by the New Jersey governor that a “software glitch” in the state’s motor vehicle department’s computer system automatically registered thousands of non-citizens to vote is an example why Congress must pass voting security legislation that President Trump has demanded.“This is the direct result of Democrat policies that refuse basic citizenship checks — and exactly why Congress must pass the SAVE America Act immediately,” the White House said in a statement.Governor Mikie Sherrill says she learned that roughly 6,600 people were automatically registered to vote between June 2023 and June 2024 even after they identified themselves in the system as non-citizens. They had answered “no” on a keypad when asked if they were a citizen while applying for drivers’ licenses and identification cards. The system registered them anyway.“This happened under the previous administration and, upon learning this information, I immediately ordered my chief counsel to launch an investigation to get to the bottom of what occurred. I also ordered the removal of any residents from our voter rolls who were erroneously added,” Ms. Sherrill wrote in an X post.Ms. Sherrill said nearly 400 non-citizens who registered as Democrats, Republicans, and unaffiliated voters cast ballots in elections. It was not known if any of those ballots affected the outcomes of any races.Ms. Sherrill laid the blame squarely at the feet of her predecessor, fellow Democrat Phil Murphy. “I am appalled by the reckless failures that allowed this to happen and the lack of transparency shown by those in charge at the time,” Ms. Sherrill said. She added that her new motor vehicle agency administrator is in the process of replacing the vendor that runs the system.Mr. Trump has made election integrity a major focus of his second term and he, last week, stressed voting security concerns in a primetime address.Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is threatening to punish states that don’t scrub voter lists of people not eligible to vote and says his agency will implement administration-directed security enhancements for voting machines. Mr. Mullin said his department has identified more than 35,000 potential non-citizens who are registered to vote in New Jersey.“This should’ve been done a LONG time ago,” Mr. Mullin said in response to the governor’s X post. “Looking forward to working with you to secure your elections in the future,” he added.Even as the White House came out swinging, Ms. Sherrill said the Trump administration should not try to weaponize the discovery against the Democratic-controlled state. “Let me be clear: Donald Trump has zero credibility on the issue of election integrity,” Ms. Sherrill said.“The difference is simple: when we find a problem, we don’t hide it, deny it, or invent conspiracies. We investigate it, we fix it, and we tell the public,” Ms. Sherrill said.Ms. Sherrill’s disclosure was met with skepticism. “One of the darkest days in this state’s election history whether the initial failures happened during her tenure or not,” Assemblyman Paul Kanitra wrote on X. “This totally ruins any credibility as she tries to minimize the size and scope of the massive failure,” he added.“The work isn’t finished. The public deserves to know which elections were affected, whether any outcome was changed, and whether more remain on the rolls today,” the Garden State’s Republican Party wrote in an X post.

New Jersey Governor Admits Hundreds of Non-Citizens Voted Due to ‘Software Error’

New Jersey Governor Admits Hundreds of Non-Citizens Voted Due to ‘Software Error’

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