Records show a troubling pattern in New Jersey
Republicans in New Jersey and the RNC say public records they obtained reveal a serious problem: noncitizens appearing on voter rolls in a state that likes to lecture the rest of the country about “democracy.” According to the documents reviewed, people seeking U.S. citizenship contacted election officials to say they had been registered to vote without knowing it. Most of those cases were tied to Democrats. That alone should raise eyebrows, because if a person is not a citizen, they should not be anywhere near a ballot box, a voter file, or a government database that cannot seem to keep its hands off either one. The documents show this was not a one-off clerical hiccup. It was repeated across counties, and in some cases it went on for years before anyone caught it.
Some of the names had voting histories
The most alarming detail is that not every case ended with a clean correction and a quiet apology. In Atlantic County, officials certified that some noncitizens came forward on their own to be removed from the rolls after realizing they had been registered. Most did not have a voting record, but at least two did. One person, who the county said was removed from the rolls in 2015, had voted several times in 2000 and 2001 and again in the 2008 general election. Another voted in a primary election in 2005 and a municipal election in 2000. That is not the kind of mistake a serious election system should shrug off as no big deal. If a state cannot reliably tell who is eligible to vote, then confidence in every close race takes a hit, and deservedly so.
RNC says the problem is bigger than one state
RNC Chairman Joe Gruters said the group has found hundreds of noncitizen registrants in New Jersey, and he believes that is only the beginning. He said the party has asked for voter list maintenance information from 48 states because Democrat-run states are not being transparent about how they clean their rolls. Gruters argued that Democrats keep insisting noncitizens do not vote and that the issue is overblown, but the records tell a different story. The people coming forward were not caught by some grand state-fueled cleanup operation. They self-reported after discovering they were registered, which means the system likely misses plenty of others who never checked. That is not reassurance. That is a warning sign with a fluorescent vest on.
Election integrity fights are far from over
New Jersey GOP Chairwoman Christine Giordano Hanlon said her party has just started reviewing the records and already found hundreds of cases of noncitizens placed on the voter rolls over the past few years. She said there is no reliable process in New Jersey to consistently identify noncitizens who get registered, and that weak safeguard hurts public trust. Gruters said the RNC is pushing election integrity efforts in 17 states and wants safer, fairer elections that citizens can believe in. He also pointed to another major fight ahead, with the Supreme Court preparing to weigh Watson v. RNC, a case involving laws that allow ballots to be cast after Election Day under certain rules. The stakes are plain. If states cannot keep their rolls clean, and courts keep allowing loose ballot rules, voters are left wondering whether the system serves citizens or simply shrugs and hopes for the best.
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