Leavitt rips blue state’s explosive noncitizen voter-roll admission: ‘Not a coincidence’

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt criticised New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill after the state said that 6,600 non-citizens had been registered to vote because of a software error. Leavitt argued that the disclosure supported the Trump administration’s election-integrity concerns and questioned its timing, while the report said the company linked to identity-security services denied wrongdoing.

Sherrill announced the error on Tuesday, saying it occurred through New Jersey’s Motor Vehicle System; the article did not establish how many of those registered cast ballots. The disclosure came after President Trump renewed support for the SAVE America Act, which would require proof of citizenship and photo identification for federal voter registration, and after DHS said it had instructed states to remove ineligible voters.