Software Company Blames N.J. for Noncitizen Voter Registration; Trump Admin Demands Detailed Information

It appears that far-left New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill opened a big can of worms when she confessed that 6,600 noncitizens were registered to vote in the state and that 400 of them did indeed vote.

The Democratic chief executive blamed a vendor’s software for the blunder. But the software company says the fault lies with New Jersey’s motor vehicles bureau. That bureaucracy registers voters when they apply for or reapply for a license. The bungle, the company said, occurred there.

As well, citing the Department of Homeland Security, President Donald Trump claimed that the real number of registered noncitizens is almost six times more than what Sherrill reported — more than 35,000.

Topping it off, Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for civil rights, has demanded that Sherrill’s bureaucrats provide detailed information on the 6,600 noncitizens.

Sherrill’s Admission

To her credit, Sherrill confessed the major blunder and said state officials would rectify it.

“A serious software error in New Jersey’s Motor Vehicle System led to the error,” she said.

“These individuals answered ‘no’ when asked on a keypad whether they were a U.S. citizen when applying for drivers’ licenses and identification cards, but through no fault of their own, the system registered them anyway,” Sherrill continued:   

This happened under the previous administration and, upon learning this information, I immediately ordered my chief counsel to launch an investigation to get to the bottom of what occurred. I also ordered the removal of any residents from our voter rolls who were erroneously added between June 2023 and June 2024. The new MVC [Motor Vehicles Commission] Administrator that I appointed has begun the process of replacing the vendor responsible for administering the system.  

The 400 who voted were “registered as Democrats, Republicans and Unaffiliated voters and were scattered across the state.”

But the vendor, IDEMIA — whose officials were likely and very justifiably enraged — says its software is not at fault.

“IDEMIA works with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, and has for more than 40 years, to support the process through which eligible individuals may indicate their interest in registering to vote when applying for or renewing a driver’s license or state-issued identification card,” the company said:

IDEMIA’s role is to transmit information through the motor vehicle system. The voter registration information is transmitted to the New Jersey Department of State, Division of Elections, which is ultimately responsible for verifying eligibility to vote. Information submitted by IDEMIA must still be validated and adjudicated by the Division of Elections.

As The New American reported yesterday, the New Jersey Globe website identified the motor vehicles bureaucrat responsible for the blunder.

“Substantial responsibility for the extraordinary blunder falls on Latrecia Littles-Floyd, who served as acting MVC chief administrator during the period when the faulty registrations occurred,” the website reported. Noting that Littles-Floyd “resisted efforts” to correct U.S. citizens wrongly removed from the voter rolls, the website reported that “it remains unclear whether Littles-Floyd or senior officials in [former Governor Phil Murphy’s] administration knew about the software error.”

But, again, IDEMIA says the problem was not a software glitch.

The Real Number

Whoever is at fault, President Trump reported what DHS claims is the real number of noncitizens registered to vote in the Garden State.

“35,152 is the new number just released by Homeland Security of non-citizens registered to vote in New Jersey,” he wrote on Truth Social:

These are just the ones that got caught. The real numbers will prove to be many times this amount.

Given Trump’s penchant for exaggerating, it isn’t clear whether that claim is true or not.

That aside, Sherrill received the missive from Assistant AG Dhillon yesterday requesting more information “to assess New Jersey’s compliance with various federal statutes, as provided in our July 7, 2026, letter to the Lieutenant Governor.” Dhillon wrote:

As we stated in that letter, we stand ready to help New Jersey election officials comply with the Help America Vote Act of 2002 and the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, as outlined in our memorandum titled, Federal Law Requirements for State and Local Election Officials.

To assist our review, please provide, within five business days, the following information: (1) for the 6,600 individuals identified — their full names, dates of birth, nationalities, residential addresses, and registration dates and locations; (2) for the 400 individuals who voted — when and where they voted and, if by mail, the certification and signature required under N.J. Rev. Stat. §§ 19:63-12, 19:63-13. Additionally, please treat this correspondence as a request to preserve any and all records relating to today’s disclosure.

Further, we will also be informing the district court in United States v. Caldwell, No. 3:26-cv-2025 (D.N.J.), of today’s disclosure. It provides an additional basis for the Civil Rights Division to obtain an electronic copy of New Jersey’s statewide voter registration list, which, to date, New Jersey election officials have failed to produce pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1960.

For his part, Trump expects the U.S. House and Senate to pass the SAVE Act, which would ban registration to vote in a federal election absent proof of citizenship.

States will be required to purge noncitizens from voter lists, and voters could sue election officials who permit registration without proof of citizenship.

Far-left Democrats say the bill discriminates against blacks and other minorities. They argue, at bottom, that blacks and other minorities are too stupid to provide proof of citizenship or otherwise get proper ID. Others oppose the bill as a federal encroachment on the states’ constitutionally reserved powers over elections.