NJGOP Finds Hundreds of Non-Citizens on New Jersey Voter Rolls
A new state GOP task force calls its review of all 21 counties "the tip of the iceberg."
COLTS NECK — The New Jersey Republican State Committee said Monday that its newly-formed Election Integrity Task Force has identified hundreds of non-citizens registered to vote across the state’s 21 counties, along with at least 30 documented cases of non-citizens casting ballots — some in multiple elections over several years.
The party said the findings came from public-records requests filed with all 21 counties in coordination with the Republican National Committee. NJGOP Chairwoman Christine Giordano Hanlon called the results preliminary. “We have just begun our analysis and already have uncovered significant breaches,” she said, describing them as “just the tip of the iceberg.”
The party points to the Motor Vehicle Commission as the central vulnerability. Non-citizens can legally hold New Jersey driver’s licenses and many qualify for Social Security numbers, and the state has run automatic voter registration through the MVC since 2018. Earlier this year New Jersey moved to an “opt-out” registration model, which Hanlon argues raises the risk that ineligible residents land on active voter rolls.
The announcement follows federal charges in May against four New Jersey residents accused of illegally voting. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said the four, all green-card holders, voted in at least one federal election between 2020 and 2024 and falsely certified that they were citizens on their registration and naturalization forms. U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer said the cases reflected his office’s commitment to protecting the integrity of the election system.
According to the NJGOP, many of the registrations surfaced through self-reporting — non-citizens who asked to be removed during the naturalization process. “Without these disclosures, election officials may never have detected these individuals,” Hanlon said.
The party’s broader “hundreds” figure has not been independently verified. Current and former election officials have told the Associated Press that non-citizen voting is rare and that the decentralized U.S. system makes large-scale fraud nearly impossible, and state officials maintain New Jersey’s elections remain secure.
Hanlon said the task force’s work is ongoing as more county records arrive. “Election integrity is not a partisan or political issue,” she said, “but the very foundation of our democracy.”
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