TRENTON, New Jersey — Gov. Mikie Sherrill says she is open to stronger voter identification requirements after a software error improperly registered roughly 6,600 noncitizens, while rejecting President Donald Trump’s broader federal election legislation.
“I would support that. I don’t have a problem with voter ID,” Sherrill told News 12. Her spokesman later said the Democratic governor supports existing identification requirements for voter registration and is willing to consider strengthening them.
The distinction matters because Sherrill strongly opposes the SAVE America Act, which would impose federal proof-of-citizenship and identification requirements. She called that proposal voter suppression and objected to transferring New Jersey voters’ personal information into federal systems.
The controversy began after Sherrill disclosed that a Motor Vehicle Commission software error registered approximately 6,600 people between June 2023 and June 2024 even though they explicitly indicated they were not U.S. citizens. The mistake occurred before Sherrill became governor.
A preliminary state review found fewer than 400 of those people cast ballots. They included registered Democrats, Republicans and unaffiliated voters, and officials have presented no evidence that the error changed any election outcome.
Noncitizen voting remains illegal and, nationally, documented cases are rare. A Reuters review found no evidence of coordinated noncitizen voting efforts despite increasingly prominent claims from Trump and other Republicans.
Sherrill has ordered the erroneous registrations removed and the state is replacing the vendor connected to the failure.
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