New Jersey Voter‑Roll Glitch Registers 6,600 Noncitizens, Fewer Than 400 Vote

A software malfunction in New Jersey’s Motor Vehicle Commission system automatically added about 6,600 non‑citizens to the state’s voter rolls between June 2023 and June 2024. Governor Mikie Sherrill said fewer than 400 of those individuals actually cast ballots, a share of less than 0.01 % of the more than four million votes cast in the 2024 election, and therefore did not affect any election outcomes.

Sherrill ordered a broad investigation, criticized the prior administration, and announced that the vendor responsible for the software, IDEMIA, would be replaced. IDEMIA countered that the data submitted to the state correctly identified each applicant as a non‑citizen and that the glitch was not a software error. The Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security have opened inquiries into the registrations, and the incident has been cited by President Trump and Republican lawmakers in calls for stricter voter‑ID legislation such as the SAVE America Act. Democratic officials acknowledge the mistake but characterize it as an isolated administrative flaw rather than evidence of widespread fraud.