Republican leaders in New Jersey uncovered hundreds of noncitizens registered on state voter rolls — and some had voting records spanning multiple elections.
The New Jersey Republican Party and the Republican National Committee obtained voter rolls from all 21 counties and identified the noncitizen registrants, according to Fox News reporting.
“I mean, it’s really incredible because here the Democrats are saying that, you know, noncitizens never vote, this is a non-issue, but every county we’re finding people that are self-reporting now, and I’m glad we’re doing these records request because it’s really eye-opening, because this is just the people that have self-reported.”
Many of the noncitizens were registered as Democrats but told investigators they never knowingly registered and feared the registration would disqualify them from naturalization.
One noncitizen removed from the rolls in 2015 had cast ballots in 2000, 2001, and the 2008 general election.
The discoveries came after New Jersey GOP Chairwoman Christine Giordano Hanlon launched an Election Integrity Task Force in May.
“Like many New Jerseyans, election integrity is of utmost importance to me. All Americans want free, fair, and secure elections and a system that maintains the public trust,” Hanlon said.
RNC Chairman Joe Gruters told Fox News Digital the hundreds of noncitizen registrants are “likely only the tip of the iceberg.”
He said New Jersey and other Democrat-run states refuse to disclose information about voter registration list maintenance. The RNC has requested that data from 48 states.
“You want a democracy that’s secure and elections that are free and safe and that people can depend upon, and people have full confidence in,” Gruters said.
In 2022, a Public Interest Legal Foundation review found almost 2,400 registrants on New Jersey’s voter rolls listed as 105 years old or older.
President Donald Trump has been urging Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, which would require proof of citizenship when registering to vote. The measure has support from 91 percent of Republicans, 50 percent of Democrats, and 69 percent of independents.
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) said it’s “embarrassing” Congress hasn’t passed the act, comparing the U.S. system to Colombia’s election process.
“It’s kind of embarrassing from the perspective of Congress, that we can’t even pass a SAVE America Act,” Moreno said, noting Colombia requires national citizenship proof at the polls, uses paper ballots counted by hand, and delivers results within 90 minutes of polls closing.
