The New Jersey Republican State Committee is calling on Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s administration to broaden its investigation into the registration of noncitizens beyond a one-year period tied to an alleged Motor Vehicle Commission computer glitch.
State officials have said the error occurred between June 12, 2023, and June 25, 2024, when MVC records were transmitted to the Statewide Voter Registration System even though applicants indicated they were not U.S. citizens and had not attested that they were eligible to vote.
But NJGOP Chairwoman Christine Giordano Hanlon said records obtained from county election officials indicate that possible noncitizens were registered both before and after that window.
“Based on public records obtained by the NJGOP, there is ample evidence non-citizens were added to New Jersey’s voter rolls before June 2023 and extending well beyond June 2024,” Hanlon said. “I am calling on the Sherrill administration to ensure any investigation is not limited to the timeframe of this one instance so that New Jersey voters can be assured every effort to restore integrity to our voter rolls is being made.”
The NJGOP said its review of Hudson County records found that more than half of the documented registrations involving possible noncitizens occurred outside the period identified by the administration. Republicans did not immediately disclose the total number of Hudson County registrations included in their analysis or specify how citizenship status was established in each case.
Sherrill’s administration has acknowledged that approximately 6,600 possible noncitizens were registered because of the alleged MVC error. The state Division of Elections is removing roughly 5,100 of those registrations, while approximately 1,450 cases have been referred to county election officials for additional review.
The administration has also identified approximately 340 people who voted in at least one election after being registered through the glitch.
In a separate finding disclosed by the administration, about 220 possible noncitizens had registration and voting histories that predated the MVC software problem — a disclosure that already raised questions about whether the problem was confined to the one-year period.
Hanlon said the state should conduct a comprehensive audit of its voter rolls and make broader changes to its registration system.
“Only a comprehensive investigation and audit of New Jersey’s voter rolls can ensure election integrity and restore the confidence of New Jersey voters,” she said. “It’s time for not only a full audit of our New Jersey voter rolls, but we must reform the entire system to ensure that only American citizens are able to register to vote and vote in our elections.”