DOJ launches investigation into how New Jersey put 6,600 noncitizens on voter rolls gives Mikie Sherrill five-day deadline

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is demanding that New Jersey Gov.Mikie Sherrill (D) fork over key data about the 6,600 non-citizens who were erroneously registered to vote, including the people’s names.On Tuesday, Gov.

Mikie Sherrill (D) blamed a “serious software error” in the state’s Motor Vehicle System involving French tech company IDEMIA for the mishap that led to roughly 400 noncitizens voting.Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who helms the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, soon thereafter blasted out a missive outlining her demands for the investigation, including the nationalities, registration dates, and other key information for the 6,600 people.“Ensuring that U.S.citizens’ votes are not illegally diluted by noncitizens’ votes is of paramount importance,” Dhillon wrote in a letter to Sherrill.Dhillon gave the state a five-day deadline to turn over that information.

Noncitizens are not allowed to vote in federal elections.The DOJ also cited the debacle in its ongoing lawsuit against the Garden State seeking access to its voter roll data.“The Trump administration has a long history of weaponizing the Justice Department for political purposes and attempting to overturn election results,” Sean Higgins, a spokesperson for Sherrill, told The Post.“Governor Sherrill has been clear that she will use all the legal tools available to her to protect New Jerseyans’ personal information.”Rep.

Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) also penned a missive Wednesday demanding the heads of the General Services Administration and the Office of Management and Budget conduct a full review of IDEMIA’s federal contracts.IDEMIA runs systems such as TSA PreCheck and driver’s license programs in most states.Sherrill revealed that the state has hired an outside group, CSG, to investigate the matter, which will ostensibly look into failures on the state side as well.

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