(The Center Square) — New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill is facing pressure from Republican legislative leaders and federal law enforcement officials to provide more details on how more than 6,000 non-citizens were allowed to register to vote in the state.
On Tuesday, Sherrill said a state investigation revealed that between June 2023 and 2024 about 6,600 people indicated when they were applying for a state driver's license or identification card that they were not U.S. citizens, but the state Motor Vehicle Commission's software system ended up registering them to vote "through no fault of their own."Â
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