Sen.Cory Booker, D-N.J., argued the discovery that roughly 6,600 noncitizens were mistakenly eligible to vote in New Jersey does not justify passing President Donald Trump’s SAVE America Act, insisting the error is unrelated to a lack of federal voter ID requirements."Nothing in the SAVE Act would have prevented a clerical error like we've seen in Texas and Oregon and New Jersey," Booker said.
"We’ve got to protect our voting systems."New Jersey Democratic Gov.Mikie Sherrill announced last week that the state removed roughly 6,600 noncitizens from its voter roll who were eligible to vote in the 2024 presidential election.
Sherrill blamed the issue on a "serious software error" in New Jersey’s Motor Vehicle System.HOUSE REPUBLICANS CONFRONT NJ GOVERNOR OVER 6,600 NONCITIZENS REGISTERED TO VOTE IN ALLEGED SOFTWARE FAILUREMikie Sherrill, governor of New Jersey, speaks in the Assembly Chamber of the New Jersey State House in Trenton, New Jersey, US, on Tuesday, March 10, 2026.(Heather Khalifa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)The scandal comes to light as Trump has been hounding Senate Republicans to pass the SAVE Act, with some GOP members not in favor of passing the legislation and Democrats overwhelmingly opposing it."[The SAVE Act] would stop millions of Americans from voting," Booker said about Trump’s efforts to pass the legislation.Booker argued that Sherrill and the state are actively looking into what led to noncitizens being eligible to vote, as Sherill said she immediately ordered an investigation and for all noncitizens exposed to be taken off voter rolls upon finding out."We take this very seriously in New Jersey," Booker said.
"People are stepping up."DEMOCRATS CONCEDE NJ VOTER-ROLL FAILURE WAS ‘HORRIBLE’ — BUT REJECT BROADER FRAUD FEARSSen.Cory Booker joined civil rights and voting rights advocates at a rally outside the U.S.
Capitol in Washington, D.C., on July 29, 2025, to reintroduce the John R.Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
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