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New Jersey Says Software Error Registered About 6,600 Noncitizens to Vote

The disclosure has triggered a Justice Department civil‑rights probe, a vendor dispute, and renewed congressional momentum for proof‑of‑citizenship legislation.

FILE - A sign hangs outside the director's office of the Alaska Division of Elections, March 19, 2026, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File)
Arizona voters come and go as cast their ballots at a polling location on primary election day, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Voters wait in line to cast their ballots in Mt Laurel, N.J., on Oct. 27, 2025.
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Overview

  • New Jersey officials said Tuesday that a motor‑vehicle system error led to roughly 6,600 people who identified themselves as noncitizens being added to the state voter rolls and that fewer than 400 of those individuals cast ballots.
  • The state has removed the affected registrations, opened an independent investigation, and begun replacing the Motor Vehicle Commission vendor while the contractor IDEMIA says its software transmitted the data correctly.
  • The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division has opened an inquiry and requested unredacted records about the flagged registrants and those who voted, and 19 House Republicans sent Gov. Mikie Sherrill formal questions demanding more detail.
  • Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin earlier notified four states of large preliminary matches of potential noncitizen registrations, a disclosure the White House cites to press Congress to pass the SAVE America Act.
  • Election experts and several states warn that the DHS SAVE matching process can create many false positives when records lack unique identifiers, a reality that fuels a policy fight between advocates of documentary checks and voting rights groups worried about wrongful disenfranchisement.