TRENTON, New Jersey — New Jersey has begun correcting thousands of voter registrations created by a Motor Vehicle Commission software error that affected applicants between June 2023 and June 2024.
Gov. Mikie Sherrill stated that over 4,500 registrations are being removed since they were created only due to the software issue. Another 2,100 cases are being reviewed by county election officials, as some of those individuals may be U.S. citizens eligible to vote.
The review covers about 6,600 people who said they were not citizens when applying for driver’s licenses or ID cards, but were still registered. According to state officials, fewer than 400 of these individuals actually voted.
Sherrill attributed the issue to a software error with Idemia, the contractor for the motor vehicle system. Idemia responded that it followed state instructions and that verifying eligibility was the responsibility of the Division of Elections.
Republicans are using the incident to push for a special legislative commission and to call for an end to New Jersey’s automatic voter registration system, despite the relatively small number of ballots actually cast. The Justice Department has also requested records as part of a federal inquiry.
Sherrill emphasized that the state needs to remove ineligible registrations but must also ensure that eligible voters are not wrongly removed from the rolls. Other states using Idemia systems are now reviewing their own registration processes.
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