New Jersey governor announces software error registered 6,600 noncitizens to vote, with fewer than 400 casting ballots
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced Tuesday that a Motor Vehicle Commission software error improperly registered approximately 6,600 noncitizens to vote between June 2023 and June 2024. A preliminary analysis showed fewer than 400 of those individuals actually cast ballots. Sherrill, who took office in January 2026, ordered an investigation, the removal of erroneous registrations, and replacement of the vendor responsible for the system.
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Divergence score
This event sits in the top 1% of divergence this week. 19 outlets covered it, splitting into 19 framing camps across 4 bias groups.
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4 bias groups
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The Federalist
6,600 Noncitizens Found On New Jersey Voter Rolls As Democrats Fight Against Voter ID
Vindication of Trump; call for SAVE Act · negative
CNN
6,600 non-citizens mistakenly added to NJ voter rolls, and nearly 400 cast ballots, governor says
Accidental error rebuts mass-fraud narrative · neutral
First to report
- Politicofirst
- CNN+1.9 h
- Daily Wire+3.5 h
- Bloomberg+7.0 h
- Washington Times+7.1 h
- NY Post+7.2 h
- Newsmax+7.3 h
- The Hill+7.8 h
- Washington Examiner+8.2 h
- Breitbart+9.2 h
- NBC News+9.3 h
- CBS News+9.5 h
By each outlet's earliest publish time in this story. Feeds that index slowly can appear later than they printed.
The split, in one line
Right-leaning outlets frame thousands of noncitizen registrations as systemic failure; center-left stresses technical error with no evidence of actual voting; mainstream outlets now splitting between neutral reporting (Reuters, Axios, ABC) and interpretive angles.
How each outlet covered it
Two readings of the same facts
The left and the right lead with different language. The loaded words each chose are highlighted.
THE LEFT
“6,600 non-citizens mistakenly added to NJ voter rolls, and nearly 400 cast ballots, governor says”CNN CNN LEFT
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THE RIGHT
“New Jersey finds 6,600 noncitizens registered to vote and hundreds voting”WT Washington Times RIGHT
DOWN THE MIDDLE
“More than 6K non-citizens registered to vote in New Jersey due to software issue: Sherrill” · Politico, AP News, PBS NewsHour, The Hill, Bloomberg, Jerusalem Post, Axios, Reuters
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CBSCBS News Software error improperly registered 6,600 noncitizens to vote, N.J. gov. says 52d ago NBCNBC News 6,600 noncitizens were registered to vote in N.J. because of a 'software error,' governor says 52d ago ABCABC News New Jersey accidentally registered 6,600 noncitizens to vote years ago, governor says 51d ago CENTER7
PPolitico Thousands of non-citizens registered to vote in NJ due to software error, governor says 52d ago APAP News 6,600 noncitizens registered to vote after error in New Jersey motor vehicle system, governor says PBSPBS NewsHour 6,600 noncitizens registered to vote by New Jersey motor vehicle system error, Gov. Sherill says 52d ago HThe Hill More than 6K non-citizens registered to vote in New Jersey due to software issue: Sherrill 52d ago BLBloomberg NJ's Sherrill Says Software Error Registered 6,600 Noncitizens 52d ago AAxios N.J. removes noncitizens from voter rolls after finding software glitch 52d ago RReuters Hundreds of non-citizens voted in New Jersey due to software error, governor says - Reuters 51d ago RIGHT7
FThe Federalist 6,600 Noncitizens Found On New Jersey Voter Rolls As Democrats Fight Against Voter ID 52d ago BBreitbart New Jersey Democrat Gov. Mikie Sherrill Admits Hundreds of Non-Citizens Voted Due to 'Software Error' 52d ago NMNewsmax N.J.: Software Error Registered 6,600 Noncitizens to Vote 52d ago DWDaily Wire New Jersey Registered Thousands Of Non-Citizens To Vote Due To 'Software Error' 52d ago WTWashington Times New Jersey finds 6,600 noncitizens registered to vote and hundreds voting 52d ago WEWashington Examiner Sherrill to remove 6,000 noncitizens from voter rolls after DMV error 52d ago NYPNY Post More than 6,000 non-citizens registered to vote in NJ by 'software error,' Gov. Sherrill admits 52d ago 9 tracked claims across 19 outlets
Fact ledger
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The Trump administration's estimate of 250,000 noncitizen registered voters across four states was based on commercial database analysis likely to produce false positives
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