New Jersey's governor announced Tuesday afternoon that thousands of noncitizens were registered to vote in her state — and some voted in past elections.Democratic Gov.Mikie Sherrill said that a "serious software error in New Jersey’s Motor Vehicle System led to the registration of roughly 6,600 people who indicated that they were not U.S.
citizens between June 2023 and June 2024, almost three years prior to my taking office.""These individuals answered 'no' when asked on a keypad whether they were a U.S.citizen when applying for drivers' licenses and identification cards, but through no fault of their own, the system registered them anyway," according to Sherrill.Representative Mikie Sherrill, a Democrat from New Jersey, during an interview in New York, US, on Friday, May 2, 2025.
Sherrill, who is also a former federal prosecutor, announced her candidacy last year for New Jersey governor, citing her leadership experience as a US Navy helicopter commander and federal prosecutor.(Victor J.
Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)CALIFORNIA ACCUSED OF BLOCKING FEDERAL VOTER ROLL AUDIT AS DOJ ESCALATES PROBE OF ELECTION FRAUD CLAIMSShe stressed that while the "error" occurred under the previous administration, headed by Democrat Phil Murphy, she ordered her administration's attorney to look into the matter and remove the illegally-registered voters from the rolls."Our preliminary analysis shows fewer than 400 individuals who were newly registered for the first time because of the error voted," she said."They were registered as Democrats, Republicans and Unaffiliated voters and were scattered across the state.""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," she said, emphasizing for the third time that the improper voting didn't happen on her watch.(Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)NJ TAXPAYERS ON THE HOOK FOR $12M MORE AS DEM GOVERNOR PROTEC...