New Jersey voter rolls show thousands of noncitizens registered, Democrats resist reform
Investigations reveal that about 6,600 people who told New Jersey they were not U.S. citizens were still placed on voter lists, and state officials attribute the error to a software glitch.
Recent reporting shows that about 6,600 people who informed New Jersey officials they were not U.S. citizens were still entered into the state's voter registration system, a discrepancy the government blames on a software glitch.
He cites a 2017 Pennsylvania case where up to 100,000 noncitizens were similarly registered due to a glitch, and notes that the Department of Homeland Security has asked four states—California, Nevada, Pennsylvania and New Jersey—for records on noncitizen voters, but Democratic leaders have declined to cooperate. Kranjac warns that lack of transparency erodes public trust, especially when officials dismiss the issue as “vanishingly rare.” He argues that even a single illegal vote undermines the legitimacy of the electoral process and calls for stricter registration safeguards.
Why it matters
Undisclosed noncitizen registrations raise questions about election integrity and public confidence in voting systems.
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