Hudson County Executive Craig Guy is praising Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) for the way she is handling 6,600 non-citizens getting added to the New Jersey voter rolls between June 2023 and June 2024.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
“What we saw today is exactly why New Jersey voters came out and elected Mikie Sherrill for governor in a landslide,” Guy, also the chair of the Hudson County Democratic Organization (HCDO) said in a statement.
“The governor identified an issue and immediately began working towards a solution. Governor Sherrill has been a strong, effective partner for Hudson County and her leadership on this issue is just the latest example of her straight forward, no nonsense approach to governing.”
The governor made national headlines earlier today when she announced “that a serious software error” in the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission’s software led to about 6,600 non-citizens being registered to vote between June 2023 and June 2024.
She added that these individuals selected “no” when asked if they were U.S. citizens, but were registered to vote anyway, with “fewer than 400 individuals” who were registered through this error voting during that one-year time frame, citing a preliminary analysis by her administration.
Expectedly, the former congresswoman took aim at President Donald Trump (R), who is already using this situation to try to garner support for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE) America Act, per the New Jersey Globe.
“Let me be clear: Donald Trump has zero credibility on the issue of election integrity,” Sherrill exclaimed.
“For more than 10 years, he has worked to undermine Americans’ faith in our elections by spreading lies about legitimate election results, attempting to overturn a free and fair election, encouraging an attack on our Capitol when he couldn’t accept the will of the voters, and defunding election security at the federal level.”
She also said Tuesday that an independent firm has been hired to figure out how this happened, noting that fixes are already underway.
The bill would require a valid, government-issued ID to vote throughout the country and would also direct states to share their voter rolls with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security responsible for removing non-citizens from the lists.
At the time being, Republicans currently aren’t projected to have enough support to get the legislation out of the Senate, with Democratic support required to reach 60 votes.
“Democrats and their media allies have repeatedly said it is impossible for non-citizens to register to vote, let alone cast a ballot,” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told the Globe.
“Time and again, they have been proven wrong. As President Trump has said, there is nothing more important than the integrity of our elections.”
Trump wrote on Truth Social Friday that “ensuring the integrity of our elections is fundamental to preserving trust in American democracy.”
NJ governor Sherrill response is BS on steroids.
No way “glitch” caused it. There are multiple tests and verification of software’s accuracy before it is implemented.
Then, fun part: 400 illegals out of that 6000 actually voted. In NJ, illegals are allowed to have driver licenses no question asked, while citizens have to prove eligibility.
Now, imagine you are illegal who “accidentally” was registered in NJ to vote and you did vote. Can you claim “oopsie”? Since all state voting is combined at local and federal (POTUS) level, there should be mass federal prosecution and deportations for this.
Finally, in NJ you do not need to provide any ID to register directly with 21 county clerks. Just file a form as you please. HCDO operatives happy to assist. Mechanism to verify citizenship (for POTUS part) does not exist at clerk’s level. So why would any one oppose citizenship verification for voting? Why?