New Jersey is refusing to provide information regarding individuals who have been casting ballots in the state.
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VINCEAug 25, 2026
As of 2026-08-25, New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill had publicly said she would not turn over names and addresses of the roughly 400 noncitizens who cast ballots, responding to a DOJ demand, so the claim holds. The refusal was directed at the federal DOJ, not the public at large, and later sources (September) report continued denials of voter-record requests.
This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.
What was said
… New Jersey admitted to at least a couple hundred who've been casting ballots. They have been fighting the federal government from finding out more. Harriet Dillon is locked in a battle with them in court to get the rest of the answers New Jersey refuses to give them. Why? Why exactly? There's a lot of smoke. Why won't you let us put out the fire? What's that, New Jersey? What is that, Mikey Sherrill, you whack job? So Democrats are very content with cheating. Democrats have routinely used the power of prosecutors to persecute, to go after Donald Trump and the people around him. …
VINCE · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. CBS News reports Sherrill responded to a DOJ letter seeking names and addresses of the 400 noncitizens who cast ballots and the 6,600 registered, saying she is not going to turn over that data.[2]
Supports. Reuters reports the DOJ demanded names, nationalities, addresses, and when and where about 400 people who cast ballots were voted, and that the state had been rebuffed in these demands.[1]
Context. Democracy Docket and Washington Examiner report a federal judge dismissed the DOJ's lawsuit seeking New Jersey's unredacted voter rolls on July 29, which the DOJ said it would appeal; this confirms the ongoing dispute over withheld data.[3][4]
Context. A September report says the RNC sued after state officials largely denied records requests, which is later than the claim's date and so does not bear on the verdict, but shows the refusal continued.[5]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 2, 3 not rated
- 1Trump administration seizes on New Jersey voting error to ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2N.J. Gov. Mikie Sherrill refuses to hand over information to DOJ on 6,600 noncitizens who registered to votecbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 3Trump DOJ loses bid for New Jersey voter rolls, now 0 for 18democracydocket.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 4DOJ suffers setback in NJ voter roll lawsuit despite illegal registrants scandalwashingtonexaminer.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 5Republicans sue again to demand records in NJ noncitizen voting ...newjerseymonitor.com · not rated · cited for: context
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