Gov. Sherrill says she won’t turn over voter registration info to DOJ
The decision comes following an announcement earlier this week that a glitch in the NJMVC system resulted in more than 6,000 noncitizens being registered to vote.
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Gov. Mikie Sherrill says that she will not be cooperating with the Department of Justice’s investigation into noncitizens who may have voted in elections.
The decision comes following an announcement earlier this week that a glitch in the New Jersey Department of Motor Vehicles system resulted in more than 6,000 noncitizens being registered to vote in New Jersey.
Sherrill blamed an MVC system software error but said a preliminary analysis showed that fewer than 400 of those who registered that way went on to cast ballots.
Sherrill was asked Thursday if New Jersey would cooperate with the DOJ’s probe.
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"We are not in the practice of turning this kind of personally identifying data over to the federal government because we have seen them weaponize it. I have seen it personally. They are working to weaponize personal data and they don't have a reputation for keeping it private either. We have seen data breaches again and again and again,” Sherrill said during an unrelated press event in Newark.
She said her administration is focused on holding free and fair elections and getting to the bottom of what happened through an independent investigation.
Sherrill previously noted that the noncitizens who registered to vote did so as Democrats, Republicans and independents. She said the error occurred under then-Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
