CITY OF INDUSTRY, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 05: An election worker processes mail-in ballots for the California state primary election at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center on June 05, 2026 in City of Industry, California. The U.S. Department of Justice sent a federal prosecutor to observe ballot counting in Los Angeles County after President Donald Trump alleged, without evidence, that delays in counting ballots were the result of election fraud. (Credit: Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
More than 6,000 noncitizens were mistakenly added to New Jersey's voter rolls because of a software error at the state Motor Vehicle Commission, Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced Tuesday.
The error affected about 6,600 people who identified themselves as noncitizens while applying for driver's licenses or identification cards between June 2023 and June 2024 but were nevertheless registered to vote, according to POLITICO. Fewer than 400 of them subsequently cast ballots in elections held since 2023.
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