Sherrill Admits New Jersey Voter Rolls May Still Be Tainted After Sun Reports Green Card Holder Received Sample Ballot

New Jersey’s governor, Mikie Sherrill, says the state has the “tightest election system” in the country but admits she can’t guarantee that everyone registered in the system is eligible to vote.Thousands of non-citizens were found to have wrongly registered to vote due to a software error at Motor Vehicle Commission offices. The residents were added to the voter rolls despite indicating they were ineligible while using an automated system while applying for a license to drive.Ms. Sherrill has claimed that the problem was fixed but the Sun reported last week that another non-citizen found out she was registered to vote and remained on the active rolls.Italian-born green card holder, Ilaria Giugliano, who lives with her family in Monmouth County, discovered the error after receiving a sample ballot in the mail for this year’s election. Public records show that Ms. Giugliano, 19, is an active voter with an effective registration date of her 18th birthday in September 2025.On a Tuesday appearance on her WNYC radio show “Ask Governor Sherrill,” the governor said she’s confident in the system despite the problems. “I think we have taken all of the steps that we can take to really make sure that nobody on our rolls should not be voting,” Ms. Sherrill said.Ms. Sherrill was less definite when she was asked if she could say that there are no noncitizens on the rolls heading into the midterm election.“I think at this point we have cleared everyone off who is improperly in there due to the serious system error,” Ms. Sherrill said. “Certainly if people have given improper information, there might be ways they could improperly register but we continue to investigate to make sure that we have done everything we can to run this great election system,” Ms. Sherrill added.Republicans are raising questions about the integrity of the voter rolls. Three New Jersey Republican lawmakers are demanding an immediate investigation after the Sun’s report about Ms. Giugliano.State Senator Declan O’Scanlon joined Assemblywoman Victoria Flynn and Assemblyman Gerry Scharfenberger sent a letter Monday to Acting Secretary of State Shirley Emehelu describing the incident as “troubling.”Congressional Republicans leaders last week subpoenaed the Sherrill administration for records related to noncitizen voters on New Jersey rolls as part of their own investigation. In a letter to Ms. Emehelu, the Republicans said the response to the issue from the state has been inadequate, and they gave a November 16 deadline for the state to produce documents requested by the House Judiciary Committee. “These ineligible voter registrations raise concerns about the application of federal law in New Jersey as it pertains to accurate voter registration, as well as the effect that New Jersey’s failure to identify and remove noncitizens from its voter rolls has on the civil liberties of American voters and their ability to elect their representatives,” the letter stated.Ms. Sherrill accused the congressional Republicans of carrying out political theater. “Instead of actually doing anything to make our elections safer or addressing issues Americans care about, like skyrocketing prices, Washington Republicans are choosing to play political games,” Ms. Sherrill said in a statement.The Trump administration has highlighted New Jersey’s problems with non-citizens being registered to vote and some non-citizens voting in elections. In May, four resident aliens in New Jersey were charged in federal criminal complaints in connection with illegally voting in federal elections and making false statements while applying for United States citizenship.On Tuesday’s radio show, Ms. Sherrill boasted again about the accuracy of New Jersey’s voter rolls. “I think at this point we probably have the best voter rolls in the country because of these deep dives and then how we have added those checks into place so that we can assure ourselves that we are running probably the tightest election system,” Ms. Sherrill said.

Sherrill Admits New Jersey Voter Rolls May Still Be Tainted After Sun Reports Green Card Holder Received Sample Ballot

Sherrill Admits New Jersey Voter Rolls May Still Be Tainted After Sun Reports Green Card Holder Received Sample Ballot

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