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MVC tells noncitizens they were placed on voter rolls because of software error

July 31, 2026 12:54 pmJuly 31, 2026 5:06 pm

The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission is notifying roughly 6,600 non-citizens that a software error placed them on the state’s voter rolls even though they had said they were not U.S. citizens. The official notice, dated July 24, tells recipients...

Bucco, Johnson home health care reporting bill signed into law

July 30, 2026 4:27 pm

Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed legislation Wednesday easing financial reporting requirements for smaller home health care providers while preserving independent audits for firms receiving larger amounts of Medicaid funding. The new law, S-3463, revises reporting and audit requirements for health care...

Sherrill open to voter ID, but calls SAVE Act ‘voter suppression’

July 29, 2026 9:57 pmAugust 3, 2026 9:24 am

Gov. Mikie Sherrill said Wednesday that she is open to requiring identification to vote in New Jersey but remains strongly opposed to the federal SAVE Act, which she described as a voter-suppression measure. “I don’t have a problem with voter...

MVC vendor also fingerprints tens of thousands of N.J. school workers; contract being monitored

July 29, 2026 8:45 pmJuly 30, 2026 9:42 am

The company at the center of a widening controversy over New Jersey’s voter rolls also collects fingerprints used to vet tens of thousands of people who work in the state’s schools, prompting state education officials to increase scrutiny of a...

Andrew Gross, Murphy’s top Israel advisor, will lead AJCs New York office

July 29, 2026 6:39 pmJuly 29, 2026 6:40 pm

Andrew Gross, who served as former Gov. Phil Murphy’s point person on Israel, will lead the New York regional office of the American Jewish Committee. Gross has spent the last several years at the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, most...

Sherrill administration, voting-rights advocates win major victory in Trump voter roll lawsuit

July 29, 2026 3:32 pmJuly 29, 2026 8:45 pm

A federal judge handed Gov. Mikie Sherrill and a broad coalition of voting-rights advocates a major victory Wednesday, dismissing with prejudice a Trump administration lawsuit seeking New Jersey’s complete voter-registration database, including confidential driver’s license numbers and partial Social Security...

Justice Department says MVC voter error strengthens case for access to N.J. voter rolls

July 28, 2026 8:55 pmJuly 29, 2026 12:00 am

The U.S. Department of Justice says New Jersey’s disclosure that approximately 6,600 noncitizens were improperly registered to vote — including roughly 400 who cast ballots — provides a new and substantial basis for demanding the state’s complete, unredacted voter registration...