FIRST ON FOX – The Republican National Committee (RNC) and state GOP leaders filed a lawsuit Tuesday against New Jersey’s top election official and authorities in five counties, alleging they failed to produce federally mandated voter roll maintenance records and aiming to force transparency for the American people."The RNC exposed noncitizens on New Jersey's voter rolls," RNC Chairman Joe Gruters said in a statement to Fox News Digital."Now, election officials are hiding the records that would tell voters how it happened.
The RNC won't stand for it."While officials did produce some documents, Tuesday's new lawsuit alleges that New Jersey’s chief election official and county authorities in Bergen, Hudson, Middlesex, Somerset and Union counties have continued to withhold key records that federal law requires to be made public.RNC THREATENS LEGAL ACTION AGAINST NEW JERSEY OFFICIALS OVER NONCITIZENS ON VOTER ROLLS: 'ON NOTICE'"Garden State voters deserve the truth, and we're taking these left-wing officials to court to demand answers," Gruters' statement added.The legal action follows the RNC's initial discovery of hundreds of noncitizens on the state's voter registries, as first reported by Fox News Digital in early June.The June report noted that migrants seeking documented naturalization had self-attested to be noncitizens, while being found to have voted in past elections.Also, through investigations of jury duty evasion, some New Jersey residents claimed to lack U.S.citizenship only to be ultimately found to be registered voters.The RNC sued the New Jersey secretary of state in July over nonresidents – and in some case noncitizens – being permitted to vote in state elections.DEMOCRAT NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR SAYS THOUSANDS OF NONCITIZENS DISCOVERED ON VOTER ROLLS, PURGEDWhile Democratic Gov.
Mikie Sherrill acknowledged the illegal voter registrations, Republicans argue that state Democrats have spent months dodging accountability and have failed to explain ...