Exclusive | NJ non-citizen voter scandal spurs call for answers about tech companys role in NY

New York state pols are demanding answers from Gov.Kathy Hochul’s administration and elections officials amid the unfolding scandal in New Jersey where thousands of non-citizens were registered to vote.Republican members of the state Assembly, in a letter obtained by The Post Wednesday, called for a hearing to examine whether New York voter rolls could have been exposed to the same “vulnerabilities.”Officials in Jersey said Tuesday a software error by a contractor, Idemia, led to 6,000 immigrants being signed up to vote, even though they checked a box indicating they weren’t citizens and therefore weren’t eligible.Idemia, the massive identify verification company contracted to help process drivers licenses in New Jersey, also does work for New York’s Department of Motor Vehicles and other agencies.“While there is no evidence at this time that New York has experienced a similar failure, the shared vendor relationship, together with the substantial public investment in this technology, warrants prompt legislative oversight to determine whether comparable vulnerabilities exist within New York’s voter registration process,” Assemblyman Matt Slater (R-Putnam), ranking member of the Assembly Elections Committee, wrote in the letter.Idemia has billed nearly a quarter billion dollars of work for various Empire State agencies dating back to 2005, including $15.5 million worth of long-term contracts for fingerprinting services entered this year alone, public records show.State elections officials rejected any assertion that non-citizens have been added to New York voter rolls, noting that it ultimately falls on them to verify whether someone is eligible to vote.“There is no indication of such an issue, because New York state does not use any similar external vendor when processing voter registrations,” Kathleen McGrath, a spokesperson for the state Board of Elections told The Post in a statement Wednesday.“The voter registration process in New York S...