New Jersey software glitch adds thousands to voter rolls, governor says
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Gov. Mikie Sherrill said a Motor Vehicles Commission software error from 2023–2024 added about 6,000 non-citizens to New Jersey’s voter rolls, with fewer than 400 casting ballots since 2023. The state is removing the erroneous registrations and investigating, though there’s no current evidence that any election outcome was affected. The announcement comes amid federal scrutiny of non-citizen voting and broader partisan debates on the issue.
- Thousands of non-citizens registered to vote in NJ due to software error, governor says Politico
- D.M.V. Error Led to 400 Noncitizens Voting in New Jersey, Governor Says The New York Times
- More than 6,000 non-citizens registered to vote in NJ by ‘software error,’ Gov. Sherrill admits New York Post
- NJ’s Sherrill Says Software Error Registered 6,600 Noncitizens Bloomberg.com
- More than 6,600 non-citizens were registered to vote in NJ in 2023-24 Bergen Record
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