DOJ seeks data on 6,600 noncitizens added to New Jersey voter rolls
What's next: New Jersey is fighting the request in court after the state said about 400 of those registrants cast ballots.
The Justice Department is pressing New Jersey to turn over data on about 6,600 non-U.S. citizens the state says were mistakenly registered to vote in 2023 and 2024, escalating a wider federal push for voter records from mostly Democratic-led states. In a letter to Gov. Mikie Sherrill, the department requested names, nationalities and addresses, along with details on roughly 400 people the state said cast ballots, including when and where they voted. Sherrill disclosed this week that a software glitch added the noncitizens to the rolls even though they had indicated they were not citizens when applying for driver's licenses or ID cards. The state says there is no evidence the error changed any election result and has asked a judge to dismiss the federal case.