New Jersey Republicans are demanding answers after Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) revealed that thousands of noncitizens were mistakenly placed on the state’s voter rolls under the previous administration, sparking questions about why the error was not publicly disclosed for roughly two years after state officials discovered it.Sherrill announced this week that a software error at the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission resulted in roughly 6,600 noncitizens being registered to vote between June 2023 and June 2024. About 400 of those individuals ultimately cast ballots before the problem was identified and corrected, according to her administration.The disclosure has shifted attention from how the registration error occurred to what state officials knew after it was discovered in 2024. Sherrill did not say whether former Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, had been informed, leaving unanswered questions about when senior officials learned of the problem, who decided not to disclose it publicly, and why voters were not notified sooner.
While Sherrill stopped short of accusing Murphy or his administration of intentionally concealing the mistake, she repeatedly criticized what she described as a lack of transparency after learning about the issue only last week.New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and governor-elect Mikie Sherrill talk during a photo opportunity in the governor’s office in Trenton, N.J., Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
