The French technology company that Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) has blamed for New Jersey’s voter registration error still holds two other multimillion-dollar contracts with the state, raising questions about why only one agreement is being targeted for termination.State records show IDEMIA, the French identity technology company at the center of the voter registration controversy, holds three New Jersey contracts that have resulted in more than $61 million in payments to date, the New Jersey Monitor reported.While Sherrill has said the company is being removed from its work with the Motor Vehicle Commission, IDEMIA continues to provide fingerprinting and background-check services under separate agreements with the New Jersey State Police and other state agencies.
New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill talks to reporters during a news conference in Trenton, N.J., Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
The governor’s office did not return an email from the Washington Examiner on Tuesday seeking comment about whether those contracts are also being reviewed. IDEMIA has disputed Sherrill’s account of what went wrong.That unanswered question has become a point of contention among Republicans, who argue the governor’s position is difficult to reconcile. If the company cannot be trusted with technology tied to voter registration, they ask, why should it continue handling other sensitive government functions?Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia (R-NJ), who has called for lawmakers to launch a bipartisan investigation, said the state’s response appears inconsistent.“If Idemia really was the problem here and lost the state’s confidence, why would we be concerned with that and not actual background checks?” Fantasia told the New Jersey Monitor.The dispute stems from Sherrill’s announcement last week that approximately 6,600 noncitizens were mistakenly added to New Jersey’s voter rolls over a one-year period beginning in June 2023. According to the governor, a software problem caused applicants who identified themselves as noncitizens at the Motor Vehicle Commission to be recorded as U.S. citizens instead. Roughly 400 of those individuals ultimately cast ballots.Sherrill said Thursday that the Motor Vehicle Commission had already begun ending its relationship with IDEMIA because the company “was at the heart” of the failures.“The commissioner was already in the process of removing them for their incompetence,” she said.The contract now slated for termination covers services tied to enhanced driver’s licenses. It was awarded in 2010, runs through January 2027, and has resulted in roughly $35.7 million in state payments.‘Inherited a problem’
