The biometrics and cryptography company that New Jersey officials said was responsible for erroneously adding thousands of noncitizens to voter rolls denied any mishandling — stating that the responsibility of voter registration lies with the state.
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced Tuesday that a serious software error caused by IDEMIA, a French company that operates globally, led to roughly 6,600 non-citizens being accidentally registered to vote between June 2023 and June 2024. Fewer than 400 went on to illegally cast ballots, Sherill said, and a preliminary review found that the votes did not sway any elections.
The debacle comes in the middle of intensified debates about election integrity aggravated by President Donald Trump’s widely-debunked assertions that the 2020 election was rigged against him. Trump mentioned the incident during a Wednesday speech in Georgia, falsely stating that “thousands and thousands of votes” were illegally cast.