Gov. Sherrill’s Fight With the Trump Administration Escalates Over New Jersey’s Noncitizen Voter-Registration Failure

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s increasingly confrontational relationship with the Trump administration has moved from political rhetoric and policy resistance into a direct legal fight over New Jersey’s voter rolls.

The dispute began with an extraordinary admission the Governor: approximately 6,600 people who identified themselves as noncitizens during transactions with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission were nevertheless transmitted into the voter-registration system between June 2023 and June 2024. A preliminary state review found that fewer ...