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House committees subpoena New Jersey over noncitizens on voter rolls

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Washington Times, Washington Examiner and The Center Square report that the House Judiciary and House Administration committees issued a subpoena on Wednesday to New Jersey's acting secretary of state, Shirley Emehelu. The subpoena seeks documents on how about 6,600 noncitizens were placed on the state's voter rolls. According to the committees, the state has produced only 12 documents and called the response inadequate. The state has cited unspecified privilege issues, according to the committees. Gov. Mikie Sherrill has described the registrations as a “software error” that occurred under her predecessor, Phil Murphy.

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  1. House Judiciary and House Administration committees issued a subpoena to New Jersey's acting secretary of state seeking records on how about 6,600 noncitizens were placed on the state's voter rolls.

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    The Washington Times, Washington Examiner, The Center Square

  2. The committees say the state has produced only 12 documents in response to their requests.

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    Washington Examiner, The Center Square

  3. The committees say the state's response is inadequate and cites unspecified privilege issues for the shortfall.

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  4. Gov. Mikie Sherrill has called the registrations a “software error” that occurred under former Gov. Phil Murphy.

    One outletWashington Examiner· Right

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  • The noncitizen registrations resulted from a software error under the previous administration.

    Gov. Mikie Sherrill calls it a software error that occurred under former Gov. Phil Murphy. The House committees say the state has not explained how the error was discovered or why noncitizens stayed on the rolls until 2026.

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Right-side outlets report that House committees subpoenaed New Jersey over about 6,600 noncitizens on its voter rolls, stressing the state's limited document production and calling its response inadequate.

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    Headlines present the subpoena as congressional oversight of a noncitizen voter-registration problem, with the Examiner calling it a scandal and The Center Square labeling the registrations illegal.

    U.S. House committee subpoenas NJ SOS, probes 6.6k illegal voter registrations
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    The word adds a charge of wrongdoing to a registration problem whose cause the coverage describes as a software error still under dispute.

    …Wednesday, seeking more information about the state’s noncitizen voter registration scandal.

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  • the subpoena and the state's limited document production
  • 6,600 noncitizens on New Jersey's voter rolls
  • the committees' call for oversight and legislative reform
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  • The Center SquareRight

    U.S. House committee subpoenas NJ SOS, probes 6.6k illegal voter registrations

    (The Center Square) – Two U.S. House committees are jointly subpoenaing the New Jersey State Department, accusing the state of not fully cooperating with an investigation into what it says are the more than 6,000 noncitizens recently found on the…

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  • Washington ExaminerRight

    House Republicans subpoena New Jersey secretary of state over noncitizen voter registration

    Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee and House Committee on Administration issued a subpoena to Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s (D-NJ) acting secretary of state on Wednesday, seeking more information about the state’s noncitizen voter registration Sensational language“scandal”The word adds a charge of wrongdoing to a registration problem whose cause the coverage describes as a software error still under dispute.More neutral: issueDisagree with this highlight?. …

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  • The Washington TimesRight

    House subpoenas New Jersey over how 6,600 noncitizens ended up on voter rolls

    Two House committees issued a subpoena Wednesday to New Jersey as part of an effort to get the state's documents detailing how thousands of noncitizens ended up on its voter rolls.

    Read at The Washington Times (opens in a new tab)

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    The Washington Times, Oct 21, 1:16 PM EDT

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  1. The Washington TimesRightOct 21, 1:16 PM EDT
  2. Washington ExaminerRightOct 21, 4:25 PM EDT
  3. The Center SquareRightOct 21, 4:58 PM EDT

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